San Martin De Los Andes, Ski and Lakes
July 9, 2008
Argentina is a country that offers options for vacation in winter you can go north to escape the cold, you can visit some thermal water to improve your health or you can enjoy an exclusive sport, and unfortunately accessible to a few, like Ski or Snowboard is (for those over wavelength). After 10 years I decided to return to Chapelco, but this time, I accompanied my family, my wife, my 2 sons and my 2 old, quite an adventure. I think a lot more dangerous than any off-piste. I found a San Martin de los Andes grown, full of shops, lodgings of all kinds and places to eat. But without losing the charm of city girl, like a mountain village, full of comfort.
Knowing that prices would be high and also everything that involves travel and expenses on the hill, I loaded it with provisions before leaving, I made sure the week at the hut and was covered in advance and tried not to think too much in silver, because I would not enjoy these well-deserved vacation. Go with the boys meant a blanket of care, mostly through the Hill, snow and my wife was not going to stop any move to the cold side. Clarification, my kids are 4 and 1 year but to my surprise that she was more relaxed and we enjoyed everyone equally.
The first day on the Hill, where is all a mess, we slid on ice on the rise with the car, that “girls are my boots,” that “very cold”, that “I can not walk with these teams “Auxilioooo !!! By the noon we were a little more organized, eating a hamburger, something highlighted in the price, (but I said I would not make trouble for the money) in a mountain hut that looked like a story.
Chapelco
I was amazed as my little boy of 4 years adapted so quickly to ski, down the tracks as if he had years of practice. My parents helped us with the care of the smallest and skiing with my wife we relaxed, enjoying the wonderful scenery provided by the Chapelco with the Lanin Volcano in the background and those hardwood trees that line the tracks.
Lanin National Park entrance
We take a few days to visit the area, went to Junin de los Andes, where we noticed the renewed church, with a whole Mapuche iconography carved wooden decorations, like a church shared by 2 religions (the Mapuche and the Christian ), following the road around Lake Huechulafquen skirt to reach the base of Lanin Volcano. An amazing trip, but I think these broad meadows and forests would have enjoyed more in the summer. Another departure we did was visit a Mapuche community in vantage point Bandurrias, where we took some friends who live in San Martin, a very quiet place on Lake Lacar, almost untouched as we could make a burned roast vegetables on the grill and a Patagonian rib for an unforgettable evening.
Ending the week I went to buy chocolates and candy classics to bring a gift to those who remained in Buenos Aires, and eventually we prepare for a return laaaarga and family car.
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