Ski Chile

Ski Chile

Portillo   In 2007 celebrates its 58th year as Chile's finest ski resort!   The Portillo Ski Area in Chile is the most famous and oldest center in South America, renown for its extraordinary beauty and its world-class skiing and snowboarding. In a world quickly going generic, Portillo proudly remains unique, private and grand. There are no towns, shopping areas, high-priced tickets or major ego to be found here, just casual elegance and a warm social atmosphere that encourages every visitor to feel like part of the family.

In the World of skiing, has a golden history. The celebrated skier Jean-Claude Killy won his first gold medals here, in 1966. Speed skiers in Portillo's Kilometro Lanzado competitions were the first to exceed 200kph. Four former gold medallists have led Portillo's Ski School in the past, and hosts National Ski Teams every year (last year the Austrian and U.S. Olympic teams trained here).

Cerro Mirador   Located 8 km (5 mi) to the west of Punta Arenas city, inside Magallanes National Reserve, in the Fenton hill, known as Mirador hill. The ski season is from June to September.

This place shows you one of the few ski slopes looking to the sea. This sport and recreational center has its higher point at 600 mts. (1,970 ft) and it is also an excellent site-seeing spot for the Magallanes strait and Tierra del Fuego.

For coming to its base is necessary to take 30 minutes approximately by vehicle, from Muñoz Gomero square, the main square in Punta Arenas. There are local buses that do this service on weekends.

You can choose from 11 ski slopes to slide; there are slopes for all kind of levels and in its mayor part are of medium difficulty.

It has a double chair lift with 1,500 mts (4,900 ft) and a ski lift. The refuge offers ski rental, sledges, work shop, wardrobe and lockers, ski school with specialized instructors and patrol for your security. For those who do not practice this sport, we recommend to visit Mirador hill and enjoy the wonderful view of the Magallanes strait, Tierra del Fuego and the southest city of the continent.

La Parva is located in a very beautiful area, at 38 kms (23.6 mi) from Santiago. La Parva has a beautiful view to the valley of Santiago and it is the winter center with major population, due to the great variety of refuges and private apartments, which are rented during the ski season. The snowboard practice and the heliski are implemented for those who enjoy these activities.

La Parva possesses a ski area of 38 kms distributed in 30 slopes, which can be ampler (with a special ticket) interconnected with Valle Nevado Ski Center. The largest slope is 4 kms (2.5 mi) long. A mechanized team supports and repairs the slopes. In La Parva there are 14 ski lifts, which cover 9,673 mts (31,407 ft) and include 2 quadruple-chair lifts, one triple-chair lift, one double-chair lift and 10 ski lifts.

Pucón is located in the South of Chile. The town of Pucón is internationally known for its natural beauty and exciting activities, which includes visits to volcanic caves, rafting in the Trancura river, expeditions to the Villarrica Volcano, fly fishing, horseback riding excursions, bycicle excursions accross mountains and forests, visits to thermal swimming pools, falls and lakes.

Pucón is one of the destinations with the major variety of tourist attractions in Chile.

Ski Pucón Chile, located at 20 minutes from the town of Pucón, has a very good infraestructure for the practice of this sport, with specific facilities for the organization of the most important international competitions.

Valle Nevado Chile   Since 1988 and continueing today, this ski resort has been in a constant state of development to provide an unforgettable experience.

Inspired by the modern European resorts, Valle Nevado was built by a French company at the foot of the imposing El Plomo Peak. After its inauguration in 1988, it immediately became an absolute on all itineraries for tourists in Chile and South America.

Today, under the administration of a Chilean business group, it continues progressing towards the future ever seeking to satisfy the most demanding guests.

Ski June, July, August, September and October. Just 35 miles from Santiago's International airport, Valle Nevado ski resort is in the heart of the Andes offering more than twenty-three thousand acres of skiable terrain. Host to the World Cup of Snowboard again last year, packs all of the mountain, services and comforts you are accustomed to with high-speed detachable chairlift, a ski shop full of carving skis, top notch ski-pros that speak a dozen languages, helicopter skiing / riding, South America's only Super Half-Pipe, and access to three mountains back to back to back.

Skiing at Valle Nevado

With more than 23.000 acres of skiable domain Valle Nevado is the largest ski resort in the southern hemisphere. With scores of groomed slopes, heaps of fresh powder, a multitude of bumps and entire Andean meadows of off-piste, you'll find a world of skiing adventure to be explored in this ski resort.

SnowBoarding

Valle Nevado hosted the first event on the 2003/2004 Snowboard FIS World Cup circuit- the only southern hemisphere stop on the tour. Be prepared for world-calibre competition. With more than 9,000 acres of riding, more than thirty-five groomed trails and superb Andean meadows of off-piste terrain, this is the largest resort for riding in the summer months. It offers for the second season, the hemisphere's first Super Half-Pipe.

Heli - Ski

Try a unique Andean powder adventure that begins at our heli-port where a Bell 407 awaits to fly you to virgin snows and rarely seen spectacular Andean landscapes. For those who seek extreme emotion on skis and incredible powder, heli-skiing in the Andes is for you.

Snow School

Valle Nevado ski resort has a professional staff of almost fifty ski and snowboard pros from all over the world. They speak more than a dozen languages and offer safe, challenging skiing and snowboarding experiences for all levels-- as well as certified mountain guides to venture further from the groomed pistes of the resort and to local heli-skiing paradise.

Step by step you will discover your abilities and improve your skills in safe and fun surroundings, thanks to a team of more than 50 bilingual ski/snowboard instructors and Mountain guides from arround the world.

Ski Shop

A complete and modern stock of over 1,200 complete sets of ski and snowboard gear that is renewed yearly with the latest in skis and snowboards as well as specialized attire to please even the most demanding equipment requirements.

The Ski Shop's workshop is equiped with the latest technology for the maintenance and repair of equipment.