Super G gets all champagne and caviar at the Yellowstone Club...apparently he spent half his time eating bonbons and grilled cheese.

While waiting for our bus to Argentina, watching the rain melt the snow off the trees in Termas, I received an email from the guys at South America Snow Sessions down in Bariloche. It is dumping. Read on for the full report.

After two sleepless nights and a six hour bus ride we were skiing in Chile. Wind, some snow, and a lot of Pisco later, and suddenly four days has vanished. With approximately 50 centimeters on the way, we will stay to ski another day and then head for Argentina.

Jackson Hole, WY (August 22, 2010) -- Our friend from Jackson, Tyler Horne, just released an edit from the 2009-2010 season. Speed flying, skiing and more. Enjoy.

Cliches run rampant in the business of skiers communicating their connection with the mountains. Partly because love of skiing is simple. Secondly it makes a lot of us feel the same emotions. But some skiers have the uncanny ability to describe the mountains and skiing in the exact way the rest of us have tried with the words not available. "A Life Ascending" utilizes the voice of Swiss mountain guide, Ruedi Beglinger, as he weaves the story of his life into universal captivation with the mountain lifestyle.

We have no rental car. The backpacker's budget is one of thrift, and we must economize. Fortunately a bus runs regularly from Queenstown to the ski fields. Even more fortuitous, the bus driver is a South Islander Kiwi who will not pass up on his own opportunity to patronize (and, per his pitch, "localize us to") the Cardrona Hotel apres-ski tradition...

SASS tortures us all once again with a wrap-up of their first session--suffice to say Cerro Catedral's having a good season.