Pucon

Advantages: A ski resort with opportunities to do a lot more.
Disadvantages: Easy to misplace - it's in Chile, caio!

...over to Pucon. Pucon Pucon is a holiday town, built up to cater for Chileans coming to relax in the area and slowly being adopted by the global backpacking community. It is sandwiched between a picturesque lake to the North and a steaming conical volcano (very much active) to the south. The atmosphere is as laid back as you would expect in a place where at least half the people you meet are on holiday, and in September it was not too busy, with ...
...to European ski resorts, and Pucon is no exception. Before you even decide to head up to the resort, ask somebody about the weather. Pucon is both fairly low lying and exposed to storms coming in from the sea, and so if the wind blows and the higher lifts shut you can rapidly end up wondering bitterly if it was worth paying 25USD for the privilege of huddling round a cup of hot cocoa in the battered mountain café. This happens pretty regularly, but ... Read review