Shin Campos Named A Living Legend By Push.ca

Veteran pro snowboarder and specialty guide for PowderQuest in South America, Shin Campos has been named a living legend by Canadian media, Push.ca.
Check out Shin's riding and infectious passion of telling stories of how the sport has evolved since his move to Whistler in 1990 in the video below.
You can ride with Shin this summer in Argentina, picking up new freeride skills on a once in a life time adventure, Snowboarding Argentina Tour, praised by ESPN, "This once-in-a-lifetime mission with Shin Campos and PowderQuest might be the best way to max out that credit card since iTunes."



Shin Campos lives in B.C. Canada and spends his time snowboarding, being a dad and running Whistler Creek Productions.

New Guided Instructional Adventures in South America for Skiers and Snowboarders

PowderQuest's new offers of Instructional trips for the 2011 lineup of guided tours gets you snowboarding and skiing in some of the best ski resorts in Chili. Perfect for intermediates to advanced intermediates looking to clean up their lines and really get a handle on skiing powder or hard pack, learning to manage different snow techniques and specific exercises designed to help you to progress quickly.

Skiers Only:
For the ultimate ski Chile experience, try the new 9 day Chile Ski instructional trip and experience Chile ski resorts Termas de Chillan, Valle Nevado and the world famous Portillo Ski Resort. In addition, experience the Colorado Ski area in Chile and a day of cat skiing at El Arpa. These are Chile ski vacations that include all of this, packed with culture, epic landscapes, delicious meals, and cozy lodging in a safe, laid back environment. PowderQuest is the way to go for your ski trips to Chile.

Snowboarders Only:
 Grab your board and come and join us for our Snowboard Chile Instructional trip and experience an action packed 8 days visiting the 3 Valleys and Termas de Chillan, Portillo and El Arpa for some cat boarding.  Learn some advanced snowboarding tricks from the park to off-piste and improve your powder riding skills and freestyle snowboarding moves. Learn to read the mountain and use terrain and traversing to your advantage. Let PowderQuest's professional guides and instructors lead the way both on and off the mountain. Here is where you will get snowboard lessons and tips outside of the traditional snowboard lesson atmosphere.

Top Guided Ski Trips to Argentina for Advanced Skiers and Snowboarders

With less than two months to go before the launch of the ski season in The Andes, advanced to expert snowboarders and skiers from around the globe are starting to put together their dream South America ski vacation.
Choosing from numerous South America ski trips can be daunting. Here are a few of PowderQuest Tour's most popular guided adventures, starting with Argentina ski packages.

Patagonia Powder Tour: A 10 day guided snowboard and ski adventure chasing the powder of Patagonia and the trail of legendary outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Certified guides get you to the best terrain and backcountry of legendary Bariloche ski area Catedral, plus lesser known powder meccas, Cerro Bayo and La Hoya. Culture, epic vistas, and amazing meals are also highlights of PowderQuest's guided ski trips in Argentina.

Frontier-Las Lenas Tour: 12 days exploring the amazing out of bounds terrain of the top Chile ski resorts, a day of cat skiing, plus legendary Las Lenas Argentina! PowderQuest's expert guides will get you beyond the ski area and crowds to some of the best resort accessed backcountry on the planet. Comfortable hotels await you at the end of the day. Our 4-star Las Lenas lodging is ski in, ski out, and close to the best nightlife in the Las Lenas valley.

For more details on Argentina ski adventures contact PowderQuest Tours, toll free 1-888-565-7158.
Stay tuned, our next blog post will feature the top ski and snowboard trips across the Andes,  snow skiing in Chile, including trips to Portillo, Valle Nevado, Termas de Chillan and deeper south into the beautiful and mystical land of snow covered volcanoes.