South American Ski Area Extends Season After Huge Snowfalls
Chile’s Portillo ski area has announced it is extending its 2026 season by several week into mid-October after massive snowfalls over the past month.
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Alto del Padre at 3349 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 19 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Wed night, min 0°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Drizzle on Sat night turning to light snow on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat afternoon, min -4°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||
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clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | light snow | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
min °C | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -2 |
chill °C | -3 | -1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -9 | -9 | -9 |
Humid % | 20 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 50 | 70 | 58 |
Freeze m | 3350 | 3850 | 3850 | 3900 | 3650 | 3800 | 3800 | 3900 | 3850 | 3750 | 3600 | 3550 | 3550 | 3600 | 3400 | 3050 | 3300 |
 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — |
 | 7:13 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — |
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Alto del Padre Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 1.0 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 17 Aug 2026 |
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Snow History
Week 3 of August has on average:
0.6 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.7 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Visitor Reviews of Alto del Padre
Overall 2.6 Based on 2 votes and 3 reviews
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- Miguel Marietti from Chile writes:
Alto del Padre is a growing backcountry ski area, located in the heart of the Chilean Central Andes. The place is a huge area that used to be tracked by Chilean Cowboys. Proof of this are the rustic shelters you can see in the steppe used to survive when the storms came. We've been there snowmobiling and skinning up with Alpine Touring Skis; got some runs in inc a two or three thousand feet vertical drop run. Last year they were just starting building Dusty Rodes and a small mountain lodge at five thousand feet, I guess this year might be done. I bet it could be one of the greatest backcountry ski areas in the Central Andes in the short-term.
Visitor Reviews of Alto del Padre
Miguel Marietti from Chile writes:
Alto del Padre is a growing backcountry ski area, located in the heart of the Chilean Central Andes. The place is a huge area that used to be tracked by Chilean Cowboys. Proof of this are the rustic shelters you can see in the steppe used to survive when the storms came. We've been there snowmobiling and skinning up with Alpine Touring Skis; got some runs in inc a two or three thousand feet vertical drop run. Last year they were just starting building Dusty Rodes and a small mountain lodge at five thousand feet, I guess this year might be done.
I bet it could be one of the greatest backcountry ski areas in the Central Andes in the short-term.
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