La Parva is one of the three Santiago ski areas all tied together. Next to it is El Colorado and next to that is Valle Nevado, where we were yesterday.
Welcome to Texas!
We liked La Parva a lot, though the snow was not as good as it was yesterday. La Parva seems to get a lot of wind, and many areas were scoured clean. Like the other two, it's totally above tree line and you can ski where ever you want.
None of the runs are especially steep but there is a lot to explore and plenty of natural features to ski off and around.
Most runs are wide open cruisers with lots of little dips and bowls. Fun skiing! There were 12 lifts, though just four were chairlifts. Laura fell off the first poma and it took a lot of sweet talking to get her on another. We had lunch in a midmountain restaurant -- a "Salchita Italiano" which was actually a hot dog with guacamole on it.
When we bought our bus tickets the agent told us the bus returned at 5.30. We figured it got back to Mall Sport then, but the conductor told us at the area that it actually left the slopes at 5.30! The lifts run until 5 p.m. We were in the parking lot by 5 and looking for our bus, which we realized we could not really remember. So I went up to every bus that pulled in and asked if it was the Ski Total bus going to Mall Sport. Finally, with the parking lot almost cleared out, our bus arrived. The sun set as we drove down the crazy canyon and the conductor played another video -- Michael Jackson live in concert. Eerily, Laura knew the approximate year of the show. I need to follow up with her on that.
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