Skiing in Chile

Terry2 says on Sep 12, 2008, 06:56:

Look up Portillo Chile.... ski area near Santiago. Northern hemisphere national teams use this area for for training during the summer months.

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johnny2008 says on Sep 12, 2008, 07:04:

Also check out Volcán osorno. It has its own website that you can probably find quite easily, I have been up there but not skied.

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el_scouser says on Sep 12, 2008, 07:19:

I skiied there about 2 months ago. I stayed in a great lodge/hostal in Farrelones for 25 dollars a night with meals included. You have the pick of 3 different ski areas, all accessible by mini combos every morning (or of course use the lifts) The best thing is its just a 1 hour drive from Central Santiago and all of the ski shops in the city have transportation services every morning. Think its about 30 dollars return. Heres the website

www.refugioaleman.cl/

I had some great skiing there, it can get quite expensive (50 dollars per day lift passes) but still much cheaper than Europe.

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SMcolombia says on Sep 12, 2008, 09:45:

I also skiied Portillo. A couple minute drive from the Argentine/Chilean border. You won't find any trees, but the skiing is very open (wide trails). The area is gorgeous with a beautiful lake. Portillo is very expensive, unless you stay in the convenient hostel. Last year there was a fantastic all-included (3 meals, snack, bed, skiing) deal.

The resort is very luxurious, if that is your thing. They even have a 'tea time' around 5pm.

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el_scouser says on Sep 12, 2008, 10:15:

I went through Portillo on the bus across the border and found it really ugly - traffic stained snow etc - Obviously I didnt see it all but I would personally still go back to Farellones - great views over Santiago too when you are skiing - you are never too far from Santiago too, if you fancy a couple of days break between skiing.

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nine inch nails says on Sep 12, 2008, 11:13:

"You won't find any trees, but the skiing is very open (wide trails). The area is gorgeous with a beautiful lake."

I bet that is so awesome! I skied Chile more than 5 yrs. ago in Sept. and the first part of the week in early Sept. was killer, -4 centrigrade and plenty of snow but by the end of the week above freezing and todo cambiando, getting slushy. At least I got the one good day. I stayed in Santiago and took the bus up both days. Ok for this but kinda a pain and long day to do for every day skiing.

The Hedge funds have all gone wild on us!

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