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Alto del Padre at 3349 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 03 Aug 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue night, min -13°C on Wed night). Mainly gales. | Days 5-7 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Thu night, min -16°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WNW on Fri night, moderate winds from the NW by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||
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light snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | snow shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | light snow | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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 cm | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | -3 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -3 | -5 | -7 | -9 | -7 | -8 | -11 | -13 | -13 | -16 | -15 | -14 |
min °C | -4 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -4 | -7 | -13 | -12 | -7 | -10 | -12 | -14 | -16 | -16 | -16 | -15 |
chill °C | -11 | -12 | -11 | -10 | -11 | -17 | -21 | -16 | -13 | -21 | -25 | -28 | -28 | -28 | -28 | -25 |
Humid % | 87 | 96 | 95 | 57 | 76 | 88 | 96 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 75 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 64 |
Freeze m | 2900 | 2550 | 2700 | 3250 | 2800 | 2550 | 1800 | 650 | 2150 | 900 | 600 | 1400 | 1200 | 550 | 1100 | 0 |
 | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:33 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:05 | — |
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Alto del Padre Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 98 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 2 Aug 2026 |
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Other resorts in Chile are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (1)
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Week 1 of August has on average:
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.7 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
2.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Alto del Padre at the specific elevation of 3349 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Alto del Padre. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Chile.
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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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