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Cerro Catedral ski resort

The nearby ski resort Cerro Catedral – about a 20-minutes a drive from Bariloche by bus or taxi – is one of South America’s biggest ski areas with over 62 miles (100km) of on-piste skiing, a lift system carrying over 22,000 riders per hour and yet more exceptional views of Lake Nahuel Huapi There are a number of mountain side hotels and budget hostel accommodation so there’s no problem staying at the foot of the mountain, except that means you’re away from the town and any sort of place to go out in the evening to eat.
 
The resort itself is varied; they have updated Bariloche a lot in the last 10 years, but there are still slow lifts all over the place. The resort is busy and would fit in well in Europe. There is a shopping mall and many places to drink on the slopes. And when the right lifts are open there is some really good tree skiing and with short hikes, of maybe 20 minutes or an hour there is powder which not many others go to. Argentineans mostly do not ski off-piste and so there are really nice untracked areas for off-piste skiing close to the resort.

Ski area
A disadvantage is the height of the town, because it is low and near water; it is windy and often fresh snow is only good for one day. But the pistes are well maintained and once you get above the gnarly bottom half of the mountain there is good piste skiing to be found at the top. The resort has breathtaking views and whilst I was there I went paragliding for just £30 and really worth it. Lift passes in Cerro Cathedral are really not very expensive either compared to the Alps but still in the region of £15 a day in high season.

It’s worth travelling to Bariloche just for the food, which is invariably good and it’s worth planning and budgeting to eat out as much as you can. We found Tarquino and La Familia to be the best for evening meals. The steak is unbelievably good and very cheap, just £5 for a large slab of fillet steak, and slightly less for an even larger slab of sirloin. The town is also very good for going out and Argentineans tend to go out from midnight onwards. Bariloche has a large number of students who come there to party, but you only see them at 3 in the morning in the clubs or in large groups at the bottom of the ski slopes staring in awe at the snow.

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