Chile, World Class Skiing Destination

At 2700 miles, Chile is the longest country in the world

Easter Island

Santiago

Area

Territory 756,096 km² - 22 inhabitants/km² More than 6,000 km of coastline

Population 17,800,000 $ Language

Spanish Chilean Peso (CLP)

Antarctica

More than 15 airlines fly to Chile

Santiago

TOTAL FLIGHT TIME FROM SANTIAGO

Arica: 2:30

Puerto Montt: 1:45

Punta Arenas: 3:20

Easter Island: 4:50

Arica

Iquique

Calama Antofagasta

Copiapó

La Serena Easter Island

Robinson Crusoe Santiago

Temuco

Puerto Montt

Balmaceda

Concepción

Valdivia Osorno

Chiloé

Puerto Natales

Punta Arenas

Antarctica

Chile, a country with connections

reasons to come and ski in Chile 4

First-class Snow and Infrastructure 1

Ski Centers close to the City 2

Numerous Activities 3

Unique Natural Settings 4

Ski Centers

As it happens every winter season, Chile is preparing to receive tourists and winter sport lovers in their over 3,000 kilometer mountain range. Chile has many options when it comes to skiing, from the north in the Valparaíso Region, up to the extreme south in the Magallanes Region.

Santiago , Valparaíso & Central Valleys

Patagonia & Antarctic Lakes & Volcanoes

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Admire the beauty of the Inca Lagoon

• Located only 150 kilometers from Santiago, Portillo is considered a legendary ski resort.

• Skiable surface: 506 hectares.

• Recently celebrated its 65th anniversary, maintaining its mountain shelter essence.

• Heated pool, gym, sauna, restaurants, child care center, cinema and ski school, as well as heli-skiing and snowboarding.

• First week of August: Wine Week

• One of the most celebrated slopes of Portillo: the mythical Roca Jack on the Western Sector.

Ski Portillo

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• It is only 35 km from Santiago. Very appropriate for a day trip.

• It is the largest ski center in Chile. 9 chairlifts, 40 slopes in 900 hectares of skiable surface.

• 3 hotels (5, 4, and 3 star), 7 international cuisine restaurants, heated pool, bars, pubs, gym, ski schools. Also has heli-skiing, heli-surfing and randonée skiing.

• The first and only mountain gondola of the country. 70 cabins for 2,875 people per hour.

• Wide and friendly slopes, ideal to practice intense intermediate and family-level skiing.

Enjoy its 40 slopes

Valle Nevado Ski Resort

Clic para editar título • Located 60 km away from Santiago.

• The center has an easy access with multiple options to ski for the day. Ski equipment and clothing rental on route before arriving.

• Snowpark with over 40 modules for beginners, intermediate and advanced skiers. With 120 thousand square meters, it is largest in Chile.

• Adding Farellones, they are almost one thousand hectares between both complexes.

• Farellones: air games and tubing, and a big 350 meter toboggan layed out on the snow.

• In El Colorado/Farellones there are 5 hotels and places to eat, such as restaurants and cafeterias.

• Over 200 shelters and refuges.

120 thousand square meter

Snowpark

El Colorado - Farellones

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• Located 60 km from Santiago.

• Welcoming mountain village with modern infrastructures. Nestled in the Andes Mountain Range at 2,750 m.a.s.l.

• Amazing sunsets from the condo balconies.

• 14 lifts, distributed in 30 slopes. Snowboard and Heli-skiing are options.

• Their Snowpark is 32,500 square meters big and 750 meters long, with different jumps and obstacles.

• The La Parva village has variety in accommodation: hostels, apartment rentals.

• Equipment rental, ski school, bar, cafeteria, night club, heated pool, babysitter and a clinic.

Cozy mountain

village

La Parva

Clic para editar título • Located 2 and a half hours away, 120

km south of Santiago approximantely (35 minute helicopter ride).

• Located 1,325 m.a.s.l. Slopes are on average 1,500 meters long, being 3,200 meters the steepest slope and 16 km the longest.

• One of the best heli-skiing experiences in South America.

• Minimum environmental impact.

• The complex has a great bar, restaurant, Chilean wine cellar and celebrate Lamb Day joined by a folkloric band.

• Spa, interior pool and heli-fishing, trekking combined with hot springs and glaciers, biking, horseback riding and photography workshops.

Best Heli-Skiing experience of

South America

NOI Puma Lodge

Clic para editar título • Located 480 km south of Santiago

and 82 km of Chillán.

• One of the most beautiful views and skiable domains of the Southern Hemisphere.

• 10 thousand hectare skiable surface distributed in 28 slopes and 9 lifts. Here you can practice different alpine skiing disciplines, such as nordic and randonée, aside from snowboarding and heli-skiing.

• There are snowmobile and dog sledding circuits.

• Spa and hot springs.

• Complete quality hotel offering (4 and 5 star) and gastronomy.

• Valle Las Trancas only 5 km away: a small mountain village with a great variety of cabins and boutique hotels.

The most gorgeous views of the Southern

Hemisphere

Ski Chillán

Clic para editar título • Located in the Malalcahuello

National Reserve, 750 km south of Santiago and 50 km from the city of Temuco.

• The hotel and ski center are in a millenary araucaria forest, on the base of the Lonquimay Volcano.

• Zorro con Botas restaurant, specialized in southern gastronomy.

• Sauna, jacuzzi, heated pool and gym.

• 54 rooms and cinema.

• High environmental standards: araucaria reforestation policies, low CO2 level emission, water and garbage treatments, among others.

• Oustanding natural attractions: the Lonquimay, Llaima and Tolhuaca volcanoes, the Tolhuaca hot springs and the Conguillío National Park.

Admire the beautiful Araucaria

forest

Corralco Mountain & Ski Resort

Clic para editar título • 860 km south of Santiago, with an

extension of 100 thousand hectares of Temperate Rainforest.

• Awarded a World Legacy Award by National Geographic for its conservation of the natural world.

• Bosque Nevado Adventure Snow Center in Huilo Huilo with two lifts and three ski slopes.

• Nothofagus Hotel & Spa, Lodge Reino Fungi, Nawelpi Lodge and Montaña Mágica Lodge, the hotel shaped like a volcano, considered by The Guardian as one of the most striking in the world.

• From the hotels you can go to Puerto Fuy, to cross the Patagonia Rainforest through the Pirihueico Lake, until reaching San Martin de los Andes in Argentina.

100 thousand hectare

Temperate Forest

Reserva Biológica Huilo Huilo

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• Located 790 km south of Santiago and on the foothills of the Villarrica Volcano, one of the most active in Chile.

• The center is characterized by its half-pipes and natural canyons that invite adventuring yourself on numerous off piste slopes.

• Incredible views of the Villarrica, Huilipilún, Caburga, Calafquén and Pellaifa lakes.

• Ski and snowboard schools, a mini club with daily activities for children and a cafeteria.

• Great accommodation alternatives in Pucón.

Ski alongside the Villarrica Volcano

Ski Pucón

Clic para editar título • 1,000 km south of Santiago and 59

km from Puerto Varas.

• On the slopes of the Osorno Volcano and within the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, the most visited park in Chile.

• Spectacular views of the Llanquihue Lake and Calbuco and Tronador volcanoes.

• Ideal to enjoy a complete ski day: 11 slopes, five lifts, cafeteria, ski shop and skiing and snowboarding school.

• The area offers multiple hotel and cabin accommodations.

• Excellent restaurants and spas in Puerto Varas.

Ski alongside the Osorno

Volcano

Ski & Outdoors Volcán Osorno

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