05.22.08
SKI PATAGONIA

Skip the beach this summer. Instead gather a group and head south to Patagonia for nine days of wintertime fun.

This Area Valet trip flies you into Buenos Aires for two days of Latin cool before grabbing your snowboard and heading to the Andes.

In the mountains, we give you two options for nesting. If a hotel suits your fancy, you'll be super cozy at La Posada, twenty minutes from the slopes at Cerro Catedral. This boutique hotel has five rooms and a superb view of the Nahuel Huapi Lake as well as a friendly, professional staff. It also has the best chef in town who will cook exclusively for your group using fresh ingredients from the hotel's kitchen garden.

Or if a ski lodge is more your style, your group will feel right at home in a private mountain house with killer views of the Catedral ski resort. The house has five bedrooms (sleeps ten), a spacious living area with a large fireplace, fully equipped kitchen, and satellite TV.

A perfect base from which to hit the slopes? We think so.

Available June through August.