Portillo, Chile
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Portillo summary
Portillo in Chile (in the Central region) is a large resort with 12 lifts (5 chairs, 7 surface lifts) that offers skiers an impressive 758 metres (2486 feet) of vertical descent. Portillo has 14000 acres of terrain. Portillo is best suited to intermediate skiers and snowboarders but there is some terrain for beginners and advanced skiers. We have no information about the existence of any cross country ski trails at Portillo. About one third of the pistes at Portillo are covered by snowmaking. The closest airport is at Santiago but the transfer time is 2 hours. There is accommodation located close to the pistes but we would welcome additional information about any hotels or chalets in Portillo.
Resorts close to Portillo include:
Los Puquios (22 km),
Los Penitentes (26 km),
Ski Arpa (38 km),
Valle Nevado (42 km),
Farellones (49 km),
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Trails (Pistes): 28 |
Halfpipes: - |
| Summit: 3347 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 18% Int: 25% Adv: 57% |
Terrain Parks: - |
| Vertical Drop: 758 m |
X-Country: - |
| Lifts: 12 (5 chairs, 7 surface lifts) |
Snowmaking: 40% |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: - |
Slopeside accom.: Y |
| Restaurants: Y, 1 Hotel |
Acres of ski: 1250 |
| Bars: Y |
Nearest Airport: Santiago |
| Nearest Train: - |
Info phone: +56(2)263-0606,
Portillo Resort Info Website |
Visitor Reviews of Portillo
Kevin Lee from CANADA writes:
I keep reading that this area is one of the top 10 in the world. This really upsets me, because I made a point of travelling across the continent to ski it (travelled from Buenos Aires). It's a tiny small area, with nothing but blue runs. Nothing challenging, nothing steep, nothing long. The lifts are from the stone age, slow and clunky. When I was there half the resort was down due to a power failure for half the day. They harp on the "off piste" Well there are a couple of cable lifts that drag you literally only 2 or 3 hundred meters up a slope. From there you might get a half dozen turns on reasonable steepness. But I ask you, is it worth the time and expense for 6 turns? Also, at the end of the day I thought I'd drop into the lounge for a beer before driving back to the city (Santiago). Well to my disbelief there is no lounge. No where to sit and enjoy a cocktail or hot drink after a day of skiing? What's up with that? As I was walking through the hotel looking for the non-existent lounge, I was confronted by a nasty hotel worker who began shouting at me in Spanish, telling me I can't walk around the hotel. I was in the pubic area.
All in all, I was not impressed. One of the worst 10 areas I've ever skied at, and I've skied hundreds.
2009-12-17 |
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