VIDEO: Ripping “Toilet Bowl” at Portillo, Chile Last Week editors note: Portillo ski resort in Chile has some of the best terrain in Chile. SnowBrains reporter Andrew Rumph is locked in there for the season. Right now, a monster storm is headed their way. Portillo got 25-inches of snow last night has 4.2-Feet (56″) of snow forecast for just today. This video is from Friday July 31, 2015 in Ski Portillo, Chile. The Lower Toilet Bowl is one of my favorite lines here in Ski Portillo. I came into the last air a little too far to the right and clipped some rocks just […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | August 6, 2015 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: Flipping Good The snow is really fun right now. The groomers are in great shape. Garganta is a blast. It’s nice and chalky and really edge-able. You have to step over some rocks to get into it, but after that it’s great. Roca Jack and Caracara have good coverage but the north facing aspects are very sun affected from the warm temperatures lately. Their is some really fun skiing to be had off the traverse on the south facing aspects. You can still find some soft nice snow. The Lake Run is also skiing really well. I talked to some people who went heli skiing on Saturday and they said it was “awesome!” […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | July 27, 2015 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: 90% Open After 6-Foot Storm A week and a half ago a massive storm hit Ski Portillo. The storm dumped 180cm/5.9ft of snow and made it possible for Portillo to open it’s doors for the sixty fifth time. The conditions are great at the moment. Approximately 90% of the skiable terrain is open. The groomers are in great shape and perfect for laying over some carved turns and the off-piste skiing is awesome. The south […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | July 20, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Portillo, Chile 2014 Season Highlights I spent my fourth season ski instructing, coaching, and freeskiing in the legendary Ski Portillo, Chile. It sits along the edge of La Lugana del Inca surrounded by jagged and awe inspiring 13,000 foot peaks. The views are amazing and the skiing is even better. Portillo offers some of the best off-piste skiing in the world. There is everything from steep technical chutes to wide open bowls. With a little bit of hiking the possibilities are […] Andrew Rumph | June 3, 2015 1 Comment
Portillo, Chile Season Update Video: June, July & August editor’s note: Um… Portillo has way sicker terrain than we thought it did. Might be time to make a trip to Portillo… by Andrew Rumph We started out with a great start of the season with tons of snow in June but then it didn’t snow for about 3 weeks in July. The end of July we had three storms and conditions were amazing. The best day of the season was a week and a half ago on Aug. 1st. The day after we had a huge wind event and all of the new snow was blown away and we were left with the rock hard base. Now we are in a freeze thaw […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | August 12, 2014 0 Comments
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