Ski Portillo, Chile, Announces June 21 Opening for 2025 Season Ski Portillo will open its 2025 season on June 21, welcoming skiers and snowboarders to the Andes through September 27. The resort, located about two hours northeast of Santiago, is known for its high-altitude terrain, iconic yellow hotel, and views of Laguna del Inca. Related: Snow Forecast as Cold Front Sweeps Across South Africa Portillo offers a range of accommodations, […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 5, 2025 0 Comments
Ski Portillo, Chile, Closing Day 2024, Report: Is it 2025 Yet? Report from September 21-22, 2024 Ski Portillo is just over two hours from the Santiago Airport. Although bus, private driver, and helicopter transfers are available, we opted for a rental car. The drive through the foothills was full of vineyards, which made for a great halfway stop. Once in the valley, traffic started to slow behind trucks traveling through the […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 24, 2024 1 Comment
Too Much Snow Delays Opening of Ski Portillo, Chile Winter is charging full speed ahead in Chile. Ski Portillo has received over 224 inches of snowfall this season, smashing its 200-inch average seasonal snowfall. Originally set to open June 20, the ski area has since moved the opening day to June 29 as a winter storm moved in on the Andes this week. Related:Ski Season is Just Around the […] Industry News Luke Guilford | June 27, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Portillo, Chile, Has Surpassed Its Average Yearly Snowfall and It Isn’t Even Open Yet The fantastic early season continues in South America with many resorts reporting record snowfall. Multiple storms have blanketed resorts in Chile and Argentina helping some areas open two to three weeks earlier than normal. Usually, the ski season in South America lasts from June to September, but because of the large amounts of snowfall, this season is expected to last […] Industry News Brent Glogau | June 27, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Portillo, Chile, Opens Early on June 1 With Nearly 6 Feet of Snow With excellent early season storms delivering nearly six feet of snow, Ski Portillo, Chile announces that the 75th anniversary season will start early with slopes opening on June 1 for weekend skiing (June 1-2, June 8 – 9, June 15-16) and the Hotel Portillo opening for guests on June 20. Ski Portillo is a timeless resort offering an authentic ski […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 28, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Season is Just Around the Corner at Ski Portillo, Chile As the winter season begins to wrap up in the Northern Hemisphere, those in the south, such as Ski Portillo in Chile, are starting to get excited about the upcoming season that is set to begin in mid to late June, which is just around the corner. The resort just announced the expected opening day on Instagram on Wednesday, April […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | April 15, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Valle Nevado, Portillo, and Other Patagonian Ski Areas Extend Season After Heavy September Snowfall You just can’t give up on the season in South America. After a rough start with sub-average snow conditions for roughly half of the ski season in the Andes Mountains, it started snowing again—hard. Las Leñas Resort in Argentina reported a 10-foot+ storm total last week, with over 3 feet of snow falling in 24 hours. Cerro Catedral in San […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | September 14, 2023 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Ski Portillo, Chile, Sees First Significant Snowfall of the Season The Southern Hemisphere is off to a solid start already this winter. As we are winding things down in North America after a historic season for California, Utah, and Wyoming, things are just getting going down south. OpenSnow is reporting 29″ of snowfall at Ski Portillo, Chile, all falling in the last ten days of May. The first established ski resort […] Industry News John Cunningham | June 5, 2023 0 Comments
The Legend of the Inca Lagoon at Ski Portillo, Chile Have you heard the legend of the Inca Lagoon at Ski Portillo in Chile? According to a social post by Ski Portillo, legend has it that the Inca Illi Yupanqui was in love with princess Kora-llé, the most beautiful woman in the empire. To celebrate their love, they got married high in the Andes at the peaks above a gorgeous […] SnowBrains | August 1, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEOS] Ski Portillo in Chile Got 3.5 Feet of New Snow Last Weekend View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ski Portillo (@skiportillo) Try not to get jealous but Ski Portillo in the Andes Mountains of Chile got 15″ of snow last night, bringing the weekend’s snow total to 3.5 feet. The ski area is having one of the best starts to its season in literal decades. Not fair. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 11, 2022 3 Comments
Portillo, Chile to Open on Saturday For First Time in Nearly 2-Years Thanks to the fresh snow that dumped on South America last week, Portillo ski resort in Chile announced yesterday that they will be opening on Saturday for the first time in almost two years. Related: Powder Alert: Parts of Chile and Argentina Expecting Anywhere From 3-10 Feet of New Snow Over Next 5 Days The resort didn’t open last season […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 26, 2021 0 Comments
Ski Portillo, Chile, Postpones Opening “Indefinitely” Normally, adventure-seekers and snow junkies would be delighted to hear that it’s been snowing hard recently in the region of the Andes Mountains home to world-class ski resort Ski Portillo. But this is no normal year. Because the heartbreaking news left Chile this week that Ski Portillo might not be opening for their 2020 winter season. The ski resort has […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 23, 2020 0 Comments
Ski Icon Portillo, Chile To CLOSE September 21 A difficult 2019/20 winter, characterized by snowfall levels well below average, draws to a close at premier Chilean ski destination, Portillo. Ski Portillo in the central Andes, is one among several major Chile and Argentina ski areas to be hit hard by what scientist confirm to be a 10-yr drought. Thin cover closed these Andean ski resorts early: Los Puqios, […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 16, 2019 0 Comments
Ski Portillo Chile Closed For The 2018 Season On Sunday | Tough Season For The Central Andes On September 9th, Ski Portillo Chile closed for the 2018 season due to low snow conditions. Last week, a large storm was forecasted to hit the area, but it didn’t materialize. After that, Ski Portillo Chile was able to remain open for a week before they had to give in to mother nature. “From Ski Portillo Chile we thank all our friends […] Industry News Chris Wallner | September 11, 2018 0 Comments
Portillo Ski Resort, Chile CLOSES 3 Weeks Early Due To Lack of Snow It’s been a rough season at Portillo ski resort, Chile. Portillo has world class terrain, but they didn’t have the snow this year and were forced to completely shut down the ski resort 3 weeks earlier than scheduled on September 10th. “Thank you to all of our Portillo friends for your support during the 2017 season, which ended Sunday. We […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 20, 2017 0 Comments
South American September Shred Sessions: Portillo Chile Official Report The 15/16 northern hemisphere ski season for me was amazing. I was very fortunate and lucky to ski the terrain and snow that I did, and have the ability to travel to many awesome places. I give thanks daily for my blessings. After closing out my North American season where I grew up on Kachina peak New Mexico in June of 2015 I was forced to be a responsible adult and focus on my career. Thus working 60hr plus weeks from early June all the way up until September. Appling the ski bum mentality working hard all summer in order to pursue skiing all winter. Ryan Mulcahy | October 9, 2016 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report VIDEO by Chris Davenport: Hot & Sunny [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FChrisDavenport%2Fvideos%2F10153987135743477%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] “Just another morning in @skiportillo. Lots of snow but really warm and sunny this week.” – Chris Davenport, yesterday SnowBrains | August 9, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Julian Carr Skies the 5,000-Vertical-Foot “Super C Couloir” in Portillo, Chile [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjuliancarrski%2Fvideos%2F1206258732759617%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] “Hard to put into words, “Super C” couloir. 3,500′ ft vert hike, five hours putting in the boot, in 2′ fresh snow. 5,000′ ft vert descent. Truly unreal experience” – Julian Carr, today SnowBrains | August 7, 2016 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report VIDEO by Chris Davenport: Not a Bad 1st Day… [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FChrisDavenport%2Fvideos%2F10153978489243477%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] “First day in Ski Portillo Chile of the season for me and it didn’t disappoint. Portillo’s Superstar Camp starts tomorrow.” – Chris Davenport, today Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 5, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Chris Davenport & Sierra Quitiquit Ski 5,600-Foot “Super C Couloir” in Portillo, Chile “Join GoPro athlete Chris Davenport as he takes us to one of the best lines in the world. Nestled in the Chilean Andes is Ski Portillo, an old mining town turned world-renowned ski resort home to some of South America’s best terrain. Just outside the ski area boundary is a couloir called the Super C. It’s a huge climb from […] SnowBrains | June 29, 2016 2 Comments
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