En Buenos Aires

Voy abriendo caminos para dejarte

las cosas buenas que aprendo mientras

camino mis calles

Me llevare las cosas buenas que tiene la gente

que me iluminan la vida y me regalan mi suerte

Diego Torres

Pensamientos

   ¿Que es nuestra vida sino una danza de formas efímeras?

The Pampas

Nice view of the location where we are working at the moment. No mountains to climb, but a great swimming pool for lunch breaks at Estancia Santa Elena, Lobo Gris production.

Bariloche

Sin palabras- No words

Sunset

We still do not know if Matt learned any Spanish, but we certainly had a great sunset view (and shot) We still have 5 weeks to go on having Spanish lessons and reading Che Boludo! our favourite dictionary of Argentinian slang.  Thank you Paul for the picture, you will be on it next time!

Happy Mother´s Day!

We had a great climbing day at Valle Encantado to celebrate Argentina Mother´s day. Felicitaciones para todas las mamas!!

Feliz Primavera!

We celebrated Spring day (September 21st) at Piltriquitron, a hut near Bolson.
Locally brewed beer, a warm sunset and after-dinner talk. Un poco en español, un poco en inglés!

More on Avalanche awareness!

En el campo. On the field

This time we did profiles tests and a rushblock test. Keep on learning!

Lessons at Refugio Frey

Yes, she is having a lesson at the moment! Sue, from Canada, learned how to say "gorro" (hat) but we are still working on "fijaciones" (bindings). We had lessons, great weather, pwder on South faces... "dos dias increibles en Frey!" (two amazing days at Frey)

Aniversario en la nieve!

Jon and Silping, from Canada, celebrated their 10th anniversary skiing with us and talking Spanish. Perfect sun and powder day in the back-country near Bariloche.

Writer in the snow

We also take writers to the mountains! Simon Dunstan, from England, at refugio Berghof on Cerro Otto. Great snow storm that guarantees many more ski days this season!

One dinner is not enough!

Caro helping Innes, Simon and Abel in their communication.

Euge also interpreting their conversation.

An intense week in Buenos Aires working for Lobo Gris Project

Lagunita

PERFECT SKI DAY! We skinned up at Lagunita, a good bowl just on the edge of the ski resort at Catedral. The weather was great and the view from the ridge AMAZING! Erin and Sarah, both students at Spanish in the mountains and friends, with Mt Tronador at the back.

Cenamos?

After skiing, or after class, a local meal for dinner to finish the day.

Do not forget to ask your teacher for the best local recipies!

Avalanche awareness course

In light of the recent avalanches that have ocurred in the area the last few weeks, we are holding an avalanche awareness and snow safety class.
The course is taught by Fernando Armani and Bicho Fioirenza, both local mountain guide instructors in Bariloche. The course consists of 4 Friday classes, from 7 to 10pm and covers snowpack assessment, route selection, mountain weather, etc. It is taught in Español.
If you would like more information, please contact Maria at info@spanishinthemountains.com.

Great powder day!

Erin, a student from Alaska, and Luli, a local mountain guide, skiing powder at Catedral alst weekend!

Sunrise

Is there a better view to start your day?

Skiing again!

We had a great day skiing in the woods after a snowstorm. Quinn from Canada and Anna, skinning up near Lago Gutierrez.

More storms coming! more snow! and our Winter is becaming more and more fun!

First day of Winter!!

There is not better way to celebrate Winter than this one!! Quinn, Jennifer and Kinney skinning up on Catedral. We had fun, learned some words and had some mate before skiing down the first powder of the season!

Warming up for the winter

We had our first snow storm. Check out Catedral!

Jennifer, Sarah and Maria skinned up to Punta Condor. Good motivation but not good conditions! anyway, it was a great chance to learn ski-related terms in Spanish!

Friends on the road

Pieter sent us this photo of his bike trip in Patagonia. Hope he enjoys our empty roads and inmense landscapes. Buena suerte Pieter!

Aves y clases de español

Caren came to Patagonia to be part of a Conference on "Ornitologia". She had Spanish lessons by the lake, on the top of Cerro Campanario and at Mallin del doce, where he could observe many birds with her teacher, Mariana. We have heard that her presentation (in Spanish) in San Martin after the course was a success!

Empanadas

Anna, Pieter and Erin made empanadas during their Spanish class. Moni, the teacher, welcomed them at home and introduced some cooking among the activities. They had fun and a great local meal!

Swimming and climbing

Jamie and Jeremy form Alaska swam in Morenito Lake before hiking up to Frey. They had a perfect weaher week and climbed the classical routes at Catedral

Summer 2008

We had a great Summer in Patagonia, nice warm days. In January we climbed Volcan Puyehue (Chile) on horses and then relaxed on the beach on the Pacific Ocean. Thank you Oliver, Isabelle, Julie and Eric for the good times!