Chapelco, or Cerro Chapelco, is a mountain and massif in Neuquén Province, south-western Argentina. The ski station of the same name is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the resort town of San Martín de los Andes.
| Cerro Chapelco | |
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| Location | Neuquén Province, Argentina |
| Nearest major city | San Martín de los Andes, 19 kilometres (12 mi) |
| Coordinates | 40°10′S 71°20′W / 40.167°S 71.333°W |
| Vertical | 730 metres (2,400 ft)[1] |
| Top elevation | 1,980 metres (6,500 ft)[2] |
| Base elevation | 1,250 metres (4,100 ft)[3] |
| Skiable area | 140 hectares (350 acres)[4] |
| Trails | 29 - 24.6 kilometres (15.3 mi).[3] Green - 9 Blue - 5 Red - 12 Black - 3 |
| Longest run | 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi)[2] |
| Lift system | 1 Gondola lift 5 Chairlifts 4 T-bar lifts 2 Magic carpets 4 Ski tows 2 Conveyor belts[4] |
| Lift capacity | 14,500/hour[4] |
| Snowfall | base: 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) top: 2.5 metres (8.2 ft)[3] |
| Snowmaking | 500 cannons |
| Website | chapelco.com |
Designed by Federico Graeff and established in 1946, Chapelco became an increasingly popular tourist destination after 1970. The station maintains a ski and snowboard school with 200 instructors for all ages as well as numerous lodges, the most important of which is the Graeff Lodge; eight restaurants; a ski and snowboard rental and repair center; boutiques and cybercafés; and emergency and other basic services. The station is accessible via National Route 234 from San Martín de los Andes, and via a two-hour flight from Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires to the Aviador Carlos Campos Airport.[4]
Chapelco hosted Snowboardcross events for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 FIS Snowboard World Cup:
| Date | Place | Gender | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| September 13, 2008 |  Chapelco |
Men's | Snowboardcross |  Pierre Vaultier (FRA) |
 Stian Sivertzen (NOR) |
 Mateusz Ligocki (POL)
|
| Women's |  Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) |
 Mellie Francon (SUI) |
 Maëlle Ricker (CAN)
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| Date | Place | Gender | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| September 12, 2009 | Chapelco |
Men's | Snowboardcross | Pierre Vaultier (FRA) |
Seth Wescott (USA) |
Graham Watanabe (USA)
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| Women's | Maëlle Ricker (CAN) |
 Aleksandra Zhekova (BUL) |
Dominique Maltais (CAN)
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See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chapelco". Interpatagonia.
- ^ a b "Cerro Chapelco". Chapelco Ski Resort.
- ^ a b c "Chapelco vacaciones". Nieve y Esquí. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13.
- ^ a b c d "Nieve y Esquí". Provincia de Neuquén.
40°10′S 71°20′W / 40.167°S 71.333°W
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