Matthew Tufts and Thor Retzlaff have made the first ski descent of the north face of the 3,580m Lautaro volcano in Chilean Patagonia. Tufts and Retzlaff headed to the volcano two weeks ago.

For example, at the Valle Nevado resort in Chile, a 10-day lift ... slopes on the flanks of an active volcano, hot springs for soaking and big snowstorms define this ski area.