Of all the ski tracks of the pretty and very cold province of Tierra del Fuego, Cerro Castor is the preferred resort by ski lovers and snowboarders. It was built on the south hillside of Cerro Krund (Krund hill) and it is located 27 kilometers (17 millas) from Ushuaia. It has 400 esquiables hectares (988 acres), divided in 15 tracks of ski for differents skier levels. In this way, it is worth mentioning that a 65 per cent of the trails are suitable for an intermediate level practice of downhill skiing, meanwhile a 20 per cent are for beginners and the rest for advanced skiers. The place results ideal for the practice of the snowboard, which attracts a lot of sportsmen and it is host of numerous provincial tournaments.

News of the 2002 winter season

Last year, the resort made two fantastic incorporations: the built of a third bar-restaurant in the very heart of the mountain, that proposes a rest to the sportsmen without need to get down up to the cota (level) 450 meters (1476 feet) and a bridge that crosses the national route 3 and allows to descend from the top of the mountain. The means of elevation of the resort are of last technological generation and can transport approximately 5.000 persons by hour (3.000 in simultaneously way); there are three quadruple chairlifts and a ski lift. One of the refuges, situated in the base of the hill, closed to the route, gives the service of equipments rent, schools of snowboard and snowblade, sale of accessories and a coffee bar. Up, in the cota (level) 450 meters (1476 feet) above sea level, there is a 1200 covered meters restaurant for 350 persons.

The skiers can practice cross-country skiing across the extensive valleys surrounded with native forests and glaciers and enjoy of treks with rackets for snow, voyages in bobsleds thrown by siberian husky dogs, walks in snowcats or four tracks, photographic safaris, ice-skating and trips in flexmovil. The tracks of Cerro Castor resort are located on the south hillside of the mountain, which, on the one hand, allows that the snow, for fewer it be, can be conserved an by the other, makes possible to ski tatajuanita perfectly still during the spring, with the welcome bonus of the sun.