By Skiing

Staff members at Cerro Catedral ski resort near San Carlos de Bariloche blocked access to the lifts Wednesday morning in protest. The group of lift operators are demanding a 30-percent wage increase and are burning tires, hanging banners, and beating drums until they get it—no really, they are.

Until the situation is resolved, on-resort operations have been halted. That is, of course, a big problem for locals and foreigners looking to ski the fresh pow of recent storms in the Andes.

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