Cerro Castor
LocationTierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina
Nearest major cityUshuaia, 26 kilometres (16 mi)
Coordinates54°43′26.04″S 68°1′1.35″W / 54.7239000°S 68.0170417°W / -54.7239000; -68.0170417
Top elevation1,057 m (3,468 ft)
Skiable area650 hectares (1,600 acres)
Runs31 – 30 kilometres (19 mi)
 Green – 8
 Blue – 5
 Red – 8
 Black – 4
Lift system5 Chairlifts
3 T-bar lifts
4 Magic carpets
Lift capacity9,500/hour
Snowmaking17 cannons

Cerro Castor is a ski resort on the southern slope of Mount Krund,[1] 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the city of Ushuaia, in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. Its tracks can be used during several months because of the cold weather of the region.[2] The standard season takes place between June and October, and it is, thanks to the geographic location, the longest among the main ski centers in Argentina. Cerro Castor is the southernmost ski resort in the world.[3]

Ski resort

Cerro Castor

This important ski center was inaugurated in 1999.[4] As of 2012, there are ten lift facilities in the resort, enabling to carry up to 9,500 people per hour: four four-seats chairlifts, three T-bars and three magic carpets. Cerro Castor has twenty-eight snowmass trails (with 600 hectares or 1,500 acres of usable surface and a vertical drop of 800 m or 2,600 ft), a snowpark, several restaurants and tearooms, recreation facilities, mountain shelters, a skiing school, a first-aid service, and a lenga beech forest.[5] Many of the trails are harmonized by the International Ski Federation. Besides classic alpine skiing, the center offers other activities such as snowboarding, skiboarding, ski touring, sleds, cross-country skiing and snowshoes.[6]

International events

In 2012 Cerro Castor hosted the FIS Freestyle Slopestyle World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games[7] The results were as follows:

Date Place Winner Score Second Score Third Score Report
September 7, 2012Argentina UshuaiaUnited Kingdom James Woods90.4Sweden Henrik Harlaut84.4Switzerland Jonas Hunziker74.6
September 7, 2012Argentina UshuaiaUnited States Keri Herman85.0Switzerland Eveline Bhend79.8Canada Dara Howell65.4 Archived 23 January 2013 at archive.today

The Interski Congress and World Cup, organized by the International Ski Instructors Association, was hosted by Cerro Castor from 5 to 12 September 2015 in which was the first ever event held by this association in the Southern Hemisphere.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Redondo Vega, José María (2004). "El glaciar rocoso de Cerro Krund, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina". Cuadernos de investigación geográfica (in Spanish). Universidad de La Rioja (30): 169–182. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cerro Castor" (in Spanish). Welcome Argentina. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Cerro Castor: esquí en el Fin del Mundo". Revista Magna (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cerro Castor, skiing the end of the world". Patagonia.com.ar. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cerro Castor" (in Spanish). Argentour. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  6. ↑ "Cerro Castor Centro de Ski, Argentina" (in Spanish). Argentinaski.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "FIS-Ski - resultats". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Interski Congress". Interski 2025 Argentina. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
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