Portillo Re-Opens To Guests Arriving By Helicopter
Chile’s famous Portillo ski resort is reported to have re-opened to guests arriving by helicopter after being cut off by road for more than two weeks by over 6m/20 feet of snowfall.
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Andes Heliboarding at 5190 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 pm (local time) / 04 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue afternoon, min -20°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (strong winds from the W on Tue night, extremely windy from the W by Wed night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A dusting of new snow. Extremely cold (max -15°C on Mon morning, min -23°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the W on Fri night, gales from the WNW by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||
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light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | snow shwrs | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | |
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 cm | — | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | -13 | -14 | -14 | -16 | -16 | -18 | -17 | -18 | -18 | -19 | -21 | -21 | -21 | -21 | -19 | -19 | -18 |
min °C | -14 | -14 | -15 | -16 | -19 | -19 | -17 | -18 | -20 | -20 | -22 | -23 | -21 | -22 | -21 | -19 | -18 |
chill °C | -28 | -27 | -29 | -32 | -39 | -36 | -32 | -34 | -39 | -40 | -42 | -43 | -40 | -41 | -40 | -37 | -35 |
Humid % | 81 | 68 | 75 | 96 | 97 | 23 | 48 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 48 | 61 | 88 | 24 | 19 | 54 | 72 |
Freeze m | 3300 | 3200 | 3250 | 2750 | 2200 | 2350 | 2250 | 1950 | 2200 | 1900 | 900 | 1650 | 1750 | 1100 | 2250 | 2250 | 2350 |
 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — |
 | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — |
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Andes Heliboarding Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 43 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 3 Aug 2026 |
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