Chos Malal, Argentina - Cerro Walye is flat, thats my story and I'm sticking to it. It has a base elevation of roughly 2200m and peaks rising to over 3000m all around, it is a flat flat place.

Three small surface lifts drag a handful of skiers to an alpine ridge top which spills into ¨la hoyas¨ deep valleys carved into the mountain side. Across a barren landscape lies a large lake dotted with bright yellow grasses. Behind towers 4113m Volcan Tromen, offering 2000m ski runs through a maze of long frozen lava tubes.

But don't bother coming this far up Ruta 40 in search of steep skiing, from what I've heard its flat, here northren patagonia reaches its limit, and it really is a long way from nowhere.