The winter season is just around the corner and those who plan to travel at that time of year should already be analyzing prices to get the best rates.
One of the most chosen destinations, at any time of the year, is Bariloche, in the province of Río Negro, where the star of the cold months is the Cathedral Hill.
With more than 70 slopes for skiing or snowboarding, 29 lifts and 7,000 beds between hotels and inns, it is the most popular center in the country and has the largest and most developed base of South America.
How much does it cost to ski in Catedral in 2024
The company that has the concession for the hill proposed a daily pass rate of $155,000 per person for this season.
However, the Cerro Catedral Municipal Autárquico Entity (EAMCEC), dependent on the municipality of Bariloche, intervened to regulate the price of the daily pass, and in the presale was left $ 115.000 per person.
And big leap: Last winter, the day pass had a single price (the same all season) of $29,000 for adults.
The pass at this price is obtained in Travel agencies or through the official pagel of the hill where you have the option of making a purchase for 5 days or 7 days of skiing.
The 5-day pass, plus the keycardit has a price of $ 556.900 for seniors, over 12 years old and up to 69 years old. For minors, it costs $463,200.
The 7 days pass, plus the keycardis the $ 758.100 through the Web. For children between 6 and 11 it costs $630,900.
The pass and the keycard For a family of four members, two older and two younger, for 5 days it is $ 2.040.200. For 7 days, $ 2.778.000.
According to what they indicate from the hill, the price of the daily pass may vary from now on to the start of the season. It will likely be reviewed later.
On the other hand, on the website they indicate that children from 0 to 5 do not have to pay for the ski pass. Is free and ID must be presented at authorized ticket offices. Those over 70 years of age must purchase their pass at the ticket office with ID.
Cerro Catedral news for 2024
This year, Cerro Catedral completes its masterplan, which began in 2020 with improvements in lifting means, slopes, snowmaking system, and safety
This season will be the third consecutive season in which the inauguration of a means of lifting.
In 2022 the Lenga on TV, a quadruple chair; In 2023, the Ciprés chairlift, a sextuple chairlift, and the Ñire chairlift, a quadruple chairlift, were opened in the lower and middle part of the mountain.
This year the telesilla Centera new quad chairlift at the top of the mountain.
For 2024, a new system of snow making which allows skiing to the base from June to October, and a new form of online sales.
This is a system that allows you to recharge your cards and go directly to the lifts, or remove the cards new ones through self-service kiosks in different places such as Unicenter in Buenos Aires, Bariloche Airport, the center of the city of Bariloche and the base of the hill.