Jubilant Chileans return to ski slopes as second COVID wave subsides

A man skis at a mountain resort as Chile's health authority lifts closure restrictions at Farellones Park in Santiago, Chile, July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans have returned to the slopes of the Andes mountains

for the start of the ski season or the first time in two years, after last winter's season was scuppered by COVID 19-related lockdowns.