CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Kaj Zackrisson shredding the line between Chile and Argentina. This face, named “Pisco Studio,” sits above a famous smugglers trail that is still used today. A South American gaucho’s kitchen serves as a place for our ski boots to dry. When the last bottle of pisco was empty, we went back to our tents let the cook get some well-deserved sleep. Sometimes ski exploration is more misadven-ture than anything. If the skiers can access the top with skins, the food and tent can be carried by snowmobile. That is, until the skiers have to haul the snowmobile, too.