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Ski season opens! (In the southern hemisphere, that is.)

Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2012
— Alpine / downhill skiing

We’re having a mini-heatwave here in Vermont this week so it gets me looking for ways to cool off. As you might imagine, I'm not a fan of the heat. 

Skiing photos to the rescue!

Here are shots, below, of some fresh tracks and fresh snow at Valle Nevado, Chile, and Las Leñas, Argentina. Valle Nevado opens this weekend. Down in the southern hemisphere, resorts in Argentina, New Zealand, Chile and Australia are now coming alive.

Here are links to a few Facebook pages you can keep tabs on this summer (their winter):

<link https: www.facebook.com vallenevadoskiresort>www.facebook.com/vallenevadoskiresort

<link https: www.facebook.com pages>www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Le%C3%B1as-Ski-Resort/107882599255062

<link https: www.facebook.com mthutt>www.facebook.com/mthutt

<link https: www.facebook.com catedralaltapatagonia>www.facebook.com/CatedralAltaPatagonia

<link https: www.facebook.com perisherresort>www.facebook.com/PerisherResort

 

Have you ever skied down south???

 

Snow in Valle Nevado, Chile

 Photo courtesy of Valle Nevado Ski Resort, Chile.

 Skiing in Las Lenas, Argentina

  Photo courtesy of Las Leñas Ski Resort, Argentina.

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