Qualla: Las Leñas https://qualla.com/las-lenas en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/y/0/las-lenas-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Las Leñas https://qualla.com/las-lenas Las Leñas: Introduction https://qualla.com/las-lenas/ Photo credit Calamarcito, CC BY-SA 4.0. Skiers will tell you they would trade every other chairlift in South America for this one. The Marte chair at Las Leñas is slow, exposed, and so often shut by wind or avalanche danger that regulars speak of the "A-Factor" - the days it simply refuses to run for no reason anyone can name. But when Marte spins, it delivers riders to a summit ringed by hundreds of chutes, couloirs and open bowls, terrain so vast and so steep that you can ski a different line every day for a week and never cross your own tracks. This is the heart of Argentine skiing, high in the Andes of Mendoza Province, where the season runs through the Southern Hemisphere winter.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/y/0/las-lenas-wk/63y0-las-le-as-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Las Leñas: A Resort Above the Trees https://qualla.com/las-lenas/ Photo credit Nacho13s, CC BY-SA 4.0. Las Leñas opened in July 1983, rising fast in a remote Andean valley - construction had begun only that January, and by midwinter a 300-bed hotel stood ready for guests. Everything here sits high. The base lodge rests at 2,240 metres, and the lifts climb to a summit near 3,430 me...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/y/0/las-lenas-wk/63y0-las-le-as-a-resort-above-the-trees.mp3 0:06 2 full Las Leñas: The Master Key https://qualla.com/las-lenas/ Photo credit Maria Celeste Rios, CC BY-SA 4.0. Roughly a third of the marked runs at Las Leñas are rated expert, but the marked runs are not really the point. The Marte chair - its name the Spanish word for Mars - is regarded among serious skiers as the master key to freeskiing in the Andes. From its top, the off-piste possib...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/y/0/las-lenas-wk/63y0-las-le-as-the-master-key.mp3 0:06 3 full Las Leñas: Beauty With Consequences https://qualla.com/las-lenas/ Photo credit Andre Charland from Canada, CC BY 2.0. That same terrain demands respect. Some of the chutes that look so inviting from the lift end abruptly at cliffs, and a wrong turn can leave a skier cliffed-out with no safe way down. The resort requires helmets, and experienced visitors hire certified guides who carry local know...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/y/0/las-lenas-wk/63y0-las-le-as-beauty-with-consequences.mp3 0:06 4 full Las Leñas: More Than the Marte https://qualla.com/las-lenas/ Photo credit Lorenzo Caccianiga, CC BY-SA 3.0. Not everyone comes to ski the abyss. Near the village, gentle slopes by the Poma lifts give beginners and families room to learn, and runs close to the lodge stay lit for night skiing until late. A ski school teaches in several languages and runs programs for children as young as...

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