Skiing in Copahue and Caviahue
In the northwest of the Province of Neuquén, at the
foot of the Copahue
Volcano and beside Lake Caviahue, these mountain villages are
located, at 1600 meters above sea level and 18 kilometers from
each other. The area is inside the Copahue Provincial Park,
8300 hectares, with pehuenes forests, swamplands and cascades,
where the tourists can even find snow in advanced spring.
The Ski Center has 5 kilometers of signaled tracks, for beginners
and advanced learners. The elevation means are: a double chairlift
of 1440 meters, two ski lifts of 700 meters each one and a T-bar
of 1600 meters.
A true unique adventure, only reserved to the most audacious,
is the ascent to the top of the Volcano to descend from there
along more than 16 kilometers of ski tracks.
The services include the equipment
rental, a repair shop, a nursery, a ski school and the snow
garden.
Among the alternative activities there also is the adventure
ski, rides in motorcycles for snow in the valley of Jara and voyages
in sleds with Siberian dogs.
And don't forget that there also are the traditional thermal
baths with the waters of the Volcano; this allows to combine the
relax, with the sports and the winter games.
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