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Low-altitude plumes of mostly water vapor were common throughout April Incandescence from explosions was visible on clear nights during the month, and ejecta rose as high as m above the crater and was scattered around the crater rim. Seismicity remained constant at moderate levels related to the repeated explosions and the growth of the dome. A faint ash plume could be seen in visible satellite imagery on 18 April at 3. Observations reported on 1 May from the previous flyover indicated that the rate of growth of the dome had slowed to about m 3 per day, and the estimated volume had grown to about , m 3.

Activity remained at similar levels throughout May Seismic instruments recorded long-period seismicity and tremor episodes similar to previous months that corresponded with surface explosions and the extrusion of the lava dome. Seismic energy levels were moderate but fluctuated at times. Plumes of predominantly water vapor with minor gas rose a few hundred meters above the summit drifting generally S or SE before dissipating. Incandescence was often observed on clear nights, accompanied by ejection of incandescent blocks that were observed generally to m above the active crater.

A larger explosive event took place on 7 May. Occasional plumes with minor ash were reported on 11 May. Dome growth and destruction with several explosive events, June-November Strombolian explosions and ash emissions continued throughout and The presence of a lava dome within the Nicanor crater was confirmed in early January ; it continued to grow through May This report covers continuing activity from June-November when growth and destruction of the dome alternated in a series of explosive events.

Incandescent material as far as m down the flank was seen in nighttime and thermal webcam images on multiple occasions. Larger explosive events during July, August, September, 13 October, and 7 November produced significant ash plumes that rose a few kilometers above the summit, covered much of the area around the crater with fresh ash and blocks as large as a meter in diameter, and caused noticeable changes to the size and shape of the dome.

A m-long pyroclastic flow traveled down the E flank on 12 September The highest ash plume, on 7 November, rose almost 4 km above the summit and drifted SE.

Intermittent seismic and effusive activity continued during June Seismicity consisted of long-period earthquakes LP and tremor episodes TR related to the growth of the viscous lava dome located in the Nicanor crater, and occasional volcano-tectonic VT seismic events. Gray emissions and dark ash covering the snow were reported several times during the month. The dome was visible on clear days from the webcam located in Portezuelo 70 km NW ; the thermal camera there showed intermittent evidence of emissions as well, usually as nighttime incandescence and ejecta scattered around the crater.

Incandescent material traveled m down the slope on 22 June. It was accompanied briefly by a hotspot detected in thermal imagery. Low-altitude steam and gas plumes were visible throughout July with periodic nighttime incandescence and ejecta blocks occasionally visible around the crater. Three explosions on 13, 14, and 15 July produced seismic events and significant ejecta, and resulted in partial destruction of the dome figure The event on 13 July was recorded as a M 3.

During the night of July images showed incandescence and ejecta on the NE flank near the crater ranging from centimeter to meter in size. The thermal webcam measured temperatures around ? The second explosion on 14 July was recorded as a M 3. The third explosion in the early morning of 15 July was measured as a M 3. Additional ejecta on the NNE slope was visible in the webcam that afternoon. Intermittent, low-altitude steam-and-gas emissions continued for the rest of the month; light gray emissions were reported from 26 July through the end of the month.

An explosion midday on 7 August produced abundant high-temperature ejecta around the crater and a 1. Intermittent gray plumes were reported the next day and for the remainder of August, along with incandescence at night from high-temperature degassing and smaller explosive events figure Intermittent gray emissions and minor incandescence at night were typical of the activity during September , except for a series of explosive events during September figures An explosion on 11 September produced ejecta that traveled m down the slope.

The largest event, on 12 September, produced a 2. Communities within 1 km of the crater reported ashfall. Drone video footage from 13 September posted by Nicolas Luengo V. Satellite images from 16 September again showed partial destruction of the growing dome at the summit from the explosive events.

Another explosive event on November produced incandescent ejecta and ash plumes that were the highest of the reporting period, rising to 7 km altitude and moving SE as reported by the Buenos Aires VAAC figure For most of November , pulsating emissions from the crater were accompanied by nighttime incandescence with small explosions and short-range ejecta.

The intermittent explosions with incandescent blocks and ash from June through November produced occasional low to moderate thermal anomalies that were captured by the MIROVA project figure Small ash explosions and dome growth during December May ; ballistic ejecta deposited around the crater, with a pyroclastic flow in May. Dome growth continues with explosions that eject ash plumes and incandescent ejecta.

Throughout December pulsating emissions from the Nicanor crater produced white plumes predominantly composed of water vapor, with occasional ash ejections giving the plume a gray appearance. Incandescence was frequently observed during the night due to the ejection of hot ballistic ejecta emplaced around the crater during explosions. Explosions were reported on 7, 17, 28, and 29 December. Similar background activity continued through January with pulsating gas-and-steam plumes occasionally including ash, and incandescence observed during the nights due to hot ejecta around the crater.

Explosions were recorded at and on 11 January, and on 13, 21, and 31 January figures 33 and During the night explosions and incandescent ejecta were observed impacting the area around the crater. Activity continued through February similar to previous months. The dome in the crater maintained a low extrusion, and activity alternated between dome growth and partial destruction during explosions.

Steam-and-gas plumes with occasional ash content continued, with plumes reaching 1 km and drifting in multiple directions. Incandescence was observed during the night. Explosions were reported on 15 February. During March through May, typical activity consisting of pulsating emission of steam plumes with occasional ash content, and incandescence at night, continued. Intermittent explosions associated with the partial destruction of the dome continued, with events reported on 1 March at , and on 4, 7, and 8 March.

Several explosions were reported during and April. Three explosions were reported on 3 May with one of them producing a 2-km-high ash plume and a pyroclastic flow on 10 May figure Additional explosions occurred on the 12 and 18 May. Satellite data from December through May recorded intermittent thermal energy, with an increase after February figure A thermal anomaly in the Nicanor crater was persistent in Sentinel-2 data throughout this period.

Many explosions, ash plumes, lava and pyroclastic flows June-December Strombolian explosions and ash emissions continued throughout and ; a lava dome within the Nicanor crater was confirmed in early January Explosions and pyroclastic flows continued during and the first half of This report covers continuing activity from June-December when ongoing explosive events produced ash plumes, lava, and pyroclastic flows.

This activity continued during July; some events produced incandescent ejecta around the crater. By August a distinct increase in activity was noticeable; ash plumes were larger and more frequent, and incandescent ejecta rose hundreds of meters above the summit a number of times. Frequent explosions were typical during September; the first of several blocky lava flows emerged from the crater mid-month. Inflation that began in mid-July continued with several centimeters of both horizontal and vertical displacement.

By October, pyroclastic flows often accompanied the explosive events in addition to the ash plumes, and multiple vents opened within the crater. Three more lava flows had appeared by mid-November; explosions continued at a high rate. Activity remained high at the beginning of December but dropped abruptly mid-month. This period of increased thermal activity closely matches the thermal anomaly data reported by the MIROVA project figure 37 , which included an increase at the end of August that lasted through mid-December before stopping abruptly.

Several lava flows and frequent explosions with incandescent ejecta and pyroclastic flows were reported throughout the period of increased thermal activity.

Activity during June-August The webcam indicated sporadic weak emissions continuing that day and the next. Minor explosions were also reported on June and included incandescence observed at night and ejecta deposited around the crater rim. The webcams showed sporadic emissions of ash at 3. Minor pulsating explosive activity continued during July with multiple occurrences of ash emissions. Ash emissions rose to 3. Monitoring stations near the complex recorded an explosive event early on 9 July; incandescence with gases and ejecta were deposited around the crater and an ash plume rose to 3.

Small ash plumes from sporadic puffs on 12 July rose to 4. An explosive event on 14 July also produced incandescent ejecta around the crater along with weak sporadic ash emissions. Single ash emissions on 18 figure 39 and 22 July at 3. A distinct increase in the intensity and frequency of explosive activity was recorded during August The next day a pilot reported an ash plume estimated at 5. It was later detected in satellite imagery; the webcam revealed continuous emission of steam and gas with intermittent puffs of ash.

They also reported that satellite imagery indicated a 1. They reported pyroclastic ejecta from multiple explosions on 13 August rising and m above the crater. Drone images taken between 4 and 12 August showed the destruction of the summit dome from multiple explosions with the Nicanor Crater figure The VAAC reported sporadic pulses of volcanic ash drifting N during August, visible in satellite imagery estimated at 4.

By August, they noted constant steam emissions interspersed with gray plumes during explosive activity. They noted on 21 August that an explosion produced gas emissions and pyroclastic material that rose 1, m above the crater; the next day material rose m. That night, in addition to incandescent ejecta around the crater, they reported small high-temperature flows on the N flank which extended to the NNE flank a few days later.

A faint ash cloud was visible in satellite imagery on 29 August drifting E at 3. The cloud was dissipating rapidly as it moved away from the summit. They continued to rise in altitude to 3. Activity during September-October Frequent explosions from Nicanor crater continued during September , producing numerous ash plumes and small high-temperature flows along the NNE flank.

A webcam detected a small lateral vent on the NNE flank about 50 m from the crater rim emitting gas and particulates on September. Multiple explosions during September were associated with gas and ash emissions and incandescent ejecta deposited around the crater rim figure Blocks of incandescent ejecta from numerous explosions were observed rolling down the N flank on September and the E flank the following night.

They reported an increase in the level of seismicity from moderate to high on September and observed incandescent ejecta at the summit during several explosions figure During a flyover on 12 September scientists confirmed the presence of a new blocky lava flow emerging from Nicanor Crater and moving down the NNE flank of Nuevo volcano.

The flow was about m long, m wide, and 5 m thick with a blocky surface and incandescent lava at the base within the active crater. Frequent high-energy explosions that day produced incandescent ejecta that could be seen from Las Trancas and Shangri-La figure Ashfall 0. The flow was visible from the webcam located N of Nicanor on September. During September multiple special reports of seismicity were released each day with incandescent ejecta, gas, and particulate emissions often observed at the summit crater; the lava flow remained active.

On 24 September ashfall was reported about 15 km NW in communities including Las Trancas; small pyroclastic flows were observed the following day. Horizontal inflation of 2. Morphological changes in Nicanor crater suggested that it was growing at its SW edge and eroding the adjacent Arrau crater; the NE edge of the crater was unstable.

Plumes of steam and ash continued along with the explosions for the remainder of the month. During the night, incandescent ejecta was observed, and the low-velocity lava flow continued to move. Pulses of ash were moving SE at 4.

For most of the rest of the month sporadic emissions with minor amounts of ash were observed in either the webcam or satellite images at an altitude of 3. They drifted generally SE but varied somewhat with the changing winds.

Continuous ash emissions were observed during September that rose as high as 4. After that, the altitude dropped back to 3. Low-altitude gray ash plumes were observed rising from Nicanor crater almost every day that weather permitted during October Incandescent ejecta was frequently observed at night. They traveled 1. The blocky lava flow on the NNE flank was no longer active figure During October, multiple special reports of increased seismic activity REAVs were issued each day.

Inflation continued throughout the month. The new center was oval shaped with an E-W dimension of 60 m and a N-S dimension of 55 m, located about 90 m SE of the old, still active center, and was the site of the explosive activity reported since 30 September. By 21 October it had reached m in length, and its rate of advance had slowed significantly. Beginning on 25 October seismicity decreased noticeably and much less surface activity was observed at the crater. Explosions at the end of the month produced steam plumes, gas emissions and minor pulsating ash emissions.

Continuous emission of steam and gas with sporadic puffs of ash that rose to around 3. A diffuse plume of ash was detected on 16 October drifting SE at 4. The VAAC reported incandescence visible at the summit in webcam images on 22 October; a significant daytime explosion on 24 October produced a large incandescent ash cloud figure The next day the VAAC detected weak pulses of ash plumes in satellite images extending E from the summit for km.

Intermittent ash emissions were reported drifting SE at 3. Activity during November-December Moderate seismicity continued during November with recurrent episodes of pulsating gas and ash emissions. Incandescent ejecta was visible many nights that the weather conditions were favorable figure They also reported that pyroclastic density currents were observed in the area immediately around the crater extending in several directions.

Changes in the crater area indicated a growth of the SW edge of the Nicanor Crater, continuing to erode the Arrau crater, with the constant emission of gas, ash, and incandescent ejecta that produced plumes up to 1. The fourth lava flow observed in recent months L4 was identified on the NNE slope on 13 November adjacent to the earlier flows; it was about 70 m long and slowly advancing. By 19 November L4 consisted of two lobes and extended about 90 m from the edge of the Nicanor crater advancing at an average rate of 0.

By 28 November the flow had reached a length of m and was no longer advancing. A series of explosions reported on and 30 November produced ejecta that rose , 1,, 1,, and m above the crater. Ash emissions were reported by the Buenos Aires VAAC during most of November, usually visible from the webcams, but often also seen in satellite imagery. The plumes generally reached 3. They usually occurred as continuous emission of steam and gas accompanied by sporadic pulses of ash but were sometimes continuous ash for several hours.

They were visible about km E of the summit on 2 November, and over km SE the following day. A narrow plume of ash was seen in visual satellite imagery extending 50 km E of the summit on 9 November.

Intermittent incandescence at the summit was seen from the webcam on 18 November. Pulses of ash were detected in satellite imagery extending km SE on 22 November. Strong puffs of ash briefly rose to 4. Pulsating emissions of gas and ejecta continued into December Five explosions were reported on 1 December that produced gas plumes which rose m above the crater.

Three more explosions occurred on 3 December sending gas plumes , m high. This activity triggered new pyroclastic flows that extended 1, m E and m S. By 5 December the total vertical inflation reported since July was 8 cm. A large explosion on 5 December sent material 1. The webcams at Andarivel and Portezuelo showed a pyroclastic flow moving m W, a direction not previously observed; this was followed by additional pyroclastic flows to the N and E.

Major explosions reported that day produced pyroclastic flows that descended down the E and ESE flanks and particulate emissions that rose 1 km. The SW flank near the crater was also affected by ejecta and pyroclastic debris carried by the wind. The most extensive pyroclastic flows travelled down the E flank for the next several days; explosions on 10 December sent material 1. Three explosions were noted on 11 December; the first sent incandescence close to m high, and the second produced a column of particulate material 1.

The first of two explosions on 12 December sent material 1. Although explosions were reported on 13 and 14 December, cloudy skies prevented observations of the summit. They rose to 3. Pulses of ash were detected at 4. The last reported ash emission for December was on the afternoon of 12 December; puffs of ash could be seen in satellite imagery moving E at 4.

A decrease in particulate emissions and explosions was reported beginning on 14 December, and no further explosions were recorded by infrasound devices after 15 December. The deposits from the earlier pyroclastic flows had reached m E and m W of the crater. Seismic activity was recorded as low instead of moderate beginning on 25 December. A total horizontal inflation of about 6 cm since July was measured at the end of December.

Explosions and pyroclastic flows continue; new dome emerges from Nicanor crater in June Explosions and pyroclastic flows continued during and , with several lava flows appearing in late This report covers continuing activity from January-June when ongoing explosive events produced ash plumes, pyroclastic flows, and the growth of new dome inside the crater.

Explosions with ash plumes rising up to three kilometers above the summit area were intermittent from late January through early June Some of the larger explosions produced pyroclastic flows that traveled down multiple flanks. Thermal anomalies within the Nicanor crater were recorded in satellite data several times each month from February through June. By the end of June, a new flow had extended about m down the N flank. A decrease in activity in January and February was followed by an increase in thermal and explosive activity in March and April.

Renewed thermal activity from the growth of a new dome inside the Nicanor crater was recorded beginning in mid-June figure Weak gas emissions were reported daily during January until a series of explosions began on the 21st.

The first explosion rose m above the active crater; the following day, the highest explosion rose 1. Intermittent explosions continued through 26 January.

Incandescent ejecta was observed during the night of January. The altitude of the ash plume was revised two hours later to 7. Satellite images identified two areas of thermal anomalies within the Nicanor crater that day. When the weather permitted, low-altitude mostly white degassing was seen during February , often with traces of fine-grained particulate material.

Incandescence at the crater was observed overnight during February. The next day, an emission was visible in satellite imagery at 3.

Ash drifted E the next day at 3. Sporadic pulses of ash moved SE from the volcano on 22 February at 4. Thermal anomalies were visible from the Nicanor crater in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery on 23 and 28 February.

Only low-altitude degassing of mostly steam was reported for the first half of March Thermal anomalies were recorded at the Nicanor crater in Sentinel-2 imagery on 4, 9, 11, 16, and 19 March figure A new series of explosions began on 19 March; 44 events were recorded during the second half of the month figure Webcams captured multiple explosions with dense ash plumes; on 25 and 30 March the plumes rose more than 2 km above the crater.

Incandescence was observed at night multiple times after 20 March. Another ash emission rose to 5. They reported the plume on 8 April visible in satellite imagery at 7.

An emission on 13 April was also visible in satellite imagery at 6. The ash from the pyroclastic flow drifted SE and S as far as 3. Satellite images showed continued activity from multiple emission centers around the crater. Pronounced scarps were noted on the internal walls of the crater, attributed to the deepening of the crater from explosive activity. Intermittent explosive activity continued during May The plumes contained abundant particulate material and were accompanied by periodic pyroclastic flows and incandescent ejecta around the active crater, especially visible at night.

They also observed pyroclastic flows on the E and SE flanks that day. Additional pyroclastic flows traveled m down the S flank during the first half of the month, and similar deposits were observed to the N and NE. Satellite observations showed various emission points along the NW-trending lineament at the summit and multiple erosion scarps. Major erosion was noted at the NE rim of the crater along with an increase in degassing around the rim. During the second half of May most of the ash plumes rose less than 2 km above the crater; a plume from one explosion on 22 May rose 2.

Continuing pyroclastic emissions deposited material as far as 1. There were also multiple pyroclastic deposits up to m from the crater directed N and NE during the period. Webcam images during the first two weeks of June indicated multiple incandescent explosions.

The active lava flow on the N flank extended m and moved at a rate of 0. On 31 August a webcam showed an ash plume rising above the volcano, accompanied by the advancing lava flow on the N flank figure Similar activity continued into September, with volcano-tectonic and explosive events.

Ash plumes rose to 1. During September explosions at the lava dome produced ash plumes that rose to less than 1. Satellite images showed partial destruction of the lava dome as well as loss of some material due to successive explosions at the beginning of the month. Overall, the dome continued to increase in size, reaching a volume of , m3 and a thickness of 45 m since August 41 m.

By 15 September the m-long lava flow had descended the NNE flank and continued to advance at a rate of 1. The W levee of the flow channel had ruptured, which caused the toe of the lava flow to thicken. On 20 September ash emissions rose to 3. On 22 September gas emissions, weak and sporadic ash emissions, and occasional explosions accompanied the lava flow.

The snow quality is generally well maintained in the upper two-thirds of the ski area. Where is Nevados De Chillan Resort? It is possible to fly into Chillan and then get a transfer to the ski resort. See the travel to Nevados de Chillan page for more information. Nevados de Chillan Accommodation The primary Nevados de Chillan accommodation options consists of a few resort hotels that are conveniently ski-in ski-out and have direct access to fabulous thermal pools. Most lodging packages include full board or half-board with amazing meals and lift tickets.

Further down the hill is the slightly more affordable Hotel Nevados de Chillan that also provides access to thermal pools. Or you can stay at the 5 star Gran Hotel Termas de Chillan. More economical accommodation options can be found in the town of Las Trancas , which is 7km from the Nevados de Chillan ski resort. Condor Classic. Ability: Intermediate to Expert.

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