Cerro Castor
{{short description|Argentine ski resort}}
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| location = Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina
| nearest_city = Ushuaia, {{convert|26|km|mi}}
| skiable_area = {{convert|650|ha|acre}}
| number_trails = 31 – {{convert|30|km|mi}}
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| liftsystem = 5 Chairlifts
3 T-bar lifts
4 Magic carpets
| lift_capacity = 9,500/hour
| snowmaking = 17 cannons
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Cerro Castor is a ski resort on the southern slope of {{ill|Mount Krund|qid=Q120289210|s=1|v=sup}},{{cite journal|title=El glaciar rocoso de Cerro Krund, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina|language=es|url=http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=1128980|first=José María|last=Redondo Vega|date=2004|publisher=Universidad de La Rioja|work=Cuadernos de investigación geográfica|number=30|pages=169-182|access-date=14 October 2010}} {{convert|26|km}} from the city of Ushuaia, in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. Its tracks can be used during several months because of the cold weather of the region.{{cite web|url=http://www.welcomeargentina.com/castor/|title=Cerro Castor|language=es|publisher=Welcome Argentina|access-date=5 June 2009}} The standard season takes place between June and October, and it is, thanks to the geographic location, the longest among the main ski centers in Argentina. Cerro Castor is the southernmost ski resort in the world.{{cite web|url=http://revistamagna.com.ar/cerro-castor-esqui-en-el-fin-del-mundo/|title=Cerro Castor: esquí en el Fin del Mundo|work=Revista Magna|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217001925/http://revistamagna.com.ar/cerro-castor-esqui-en-el-fin-del-mundo/ |archive-date=2013-12-17}}
Ski resort
This important ski center was inaugurated in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://www.patagonia.com.ar/Ushuaia/607E_Cerro+Castor+skiing+the+end+of+the+world.html|title=Cerro Castor, skiing the end of the world|publisher=Patagonia.com.ar|access-date=4 July 2023}} As of 2012, there are ten lift facilities in the resort, enabling to carry up to 9,500 people per hour: four four-seats chairlifts, three T-bars and three magic carpets. Cerro Castor has twenty-eight snowmass trails (with {{convert|600|ha|acre|disp=or}} of usable surface and a vertical drop of {{cvt|800|m|disp=or}}), a snowpark, several restaurants and tearooms, recreation facilities, mountain shelters, a skiing school, a first-aid service, and a lenga beech forest.{{cite web|url=http://www.argentour.com/es/esqui/cerro_castor.php|title=Cerro Castor|language=es|publisher=Argentour|access-date=5 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206125508/http://www.argentour.com/es/esqui/cerro_castor.php|archive-date=6 December 2010|url-status=dead}} Many of the trails are harmonized by the International Ski Federation. Besides classic alpine skiing, the center offers other activities such as snowboarding, skiboarding, ski touring, sleds, cross-country skiing and snowshoes.{{cite web|url=http://www.argentinaski.com/esp/cerro-castor/|title=Cerro Castor Centro de Ski, Argentina|language=es|publisher=Argentinaski.com|access-date=5 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527045510/http://www.argentinaski.com/esp/cerro-castor/|archive-date=27 May 2009}}
International events
In 2012 Cerro Castor hosted the FIS Freestyle Slopestyle World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6699# |title=FIS-Ski - resultats |access-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123060211/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6699# |archive-date=2013-01-23 |url-status=dead }} The results were as follows:
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|September 7, 2012 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Ushuaia | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Woods | 90.4 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Harlaut | 84.4 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Jonas Hunziker | 74.6 | [https://archive.today/20130123050014/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6700] |
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|September 7, 2012 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Ushuaia | {{flagicon|USA}} Keri Herman | 85.0 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Eveline Bhend | 79.8 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dara Howell | 65.4 | [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6699] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130123060211/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=FS&raceid=6699 |date=23 January 2013 }} |
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The Interski Congress and World Cup, organized by the International Ski Instructors Association, was hosted by Cerro Castor from 5 to 12 September 2015 in which was the first ever event held by this association in the Southern Hemisphere.{{cite web |url=http://www.interski-2015.org/en/ |title=Interski Congress|website=Interski 2025 Argentina|date=5 September 2015 |access-date=2015-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115142630/http://www.interski-2015.org/en/ |archive-date=2015-11-15 }}
See also
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