From Portillo to Las Leñas, these South American ski resorts will satisfy your desire for steep runs and deep snow.

South America is filled ... of Mendoza and the Andes Mountains to the incredible Iguazu Falls (a once-in-a-lifetime vacation destination not to be missed) and Patagonia's glaciers, Argentina ...

A relative of the now-domesticated llama, the guanaco -- Patagonia's largest land vertebrate ... only about 100,000 guanaco survive today in all of South America. Guanacos and llamas are ...

Tierra Patagonia in Chile. Guests can admire the mountains, peeking out under low-slung clouds, from almost every aspect in the 40-guestroom lodge. They are an imposing presence in the glass ...

Located on the Northern Patagonia Ice fields ... ascent and first ski descent of Cerro Alto de los Arrieros in Chile. This mountain is the southernmost 5000er in South America and was climbed a skied ...

Dani Ascaso, Lise Billon, Santiago Padros and Jérôme Sullivan have made the first ascent of Balas y Chocolate (900m, ED+), a new mixed climb up the South Face of Cerro Adela Norte in Patagonia ... of ...