Online Ski Passes and other news from Bariloche

Catedral ski area, Bariloche, Argentina the biggest ski area in South America is selling an online ski pass this winter enabling guests to purchase ski passes wherever they are with a credit card. The online ski pass then automatically downloads to a KeyCard or Proximity Card electronic lift ticket. When guests arrive at the ski slopes the ticket is activated as they pass through the first turnstile to the ski lifts.

On the mountain Catedral is offering cross country skiing this winter with a new 4km long trail near the Upper Station of the Amancay cable car in a forest of "lenga" trees (austral beech) standing at 1650 to 1550 meters ( 5400 to 5085 ft.) above sea level. The area gets good snow cover and there's easy access for beginners and advanced skiers.

The resort's terrain park has also had a revamp with new and renovated circuits incorpoirating boxes, rails, jumps, barrels and an extraordinary multiple module.

Finally a new fleet of 20 state-of-the-art, 2009 model snowmobiles and quad bikes have been acquired . for daytime tours through the snowy forest and night-time caravans to the new restaurant at La Cueva. The ten new 400cc CAN AM Bombardier 4x4 2-seater quad bikes and ten 550cc Bombardier SKI DOO snowmobiles are based at the Lower station at the South Sector Cabin.

La Cueva has been entirely refurbished as a cosy mountain living-room, with great views of the incredibly beautiful surroundings. The facility has a brand-new kitchen with ovens for preparing homemade dishes and serves up Patagonian food tasting, and offers free wine and champagne tasting at what has become the mountain's most exotic and exclusive place, with only seventeen guests at a time.
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