Phrase of the day: autopista caminando (highway walking)
We got up around 8am, got dressed to go snowboarding, had breakfast, and started our half-kilometer walk down the highway to Portillo. Lucky for us, we didn't have to worry about any passing traffic as long as we got up early enough each morning. The highway closes to all passing traffic at night and doesn't reopen until around 10am each morning.
It was a beautiful bluebird day on our first day at Portillo. The mountains in this area were unlike any I've ever seen. They are so steep and jagged. There was a big storm about 5 days ago and, because the surrounding mountains are so steep, there were daily avalanches.
There was a lake in the middle of the ski resort that was almost frozen over. It had these really beautiful snow swirls throughout the thin layer of ice.
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