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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Chur at 600 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 am (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 58.0mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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t-storm risk | t-storm risk | heavy rain | t-storm risk | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | t-storm risk | rain shwrs | |
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mm | 2 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
max °C | 25 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 20 |
min °C | 20 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 16 |
chill °C | 20 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 16 |
Humid % | 63 | 80 | 94 | 80 | 96 | 89 | 71 | 59 | 82 | 57 | 55 | 81 | 55 | 50 | 84 | 59 | 59 | 81 |
Freeze m | 4200 | 4100 | 3650 | 3750 | 3150 | 3000 | 2950 | 3150 | 3400 | 3450 | 3650 | 3750 | 3800 | 3950 | 4000 | 3850 | 3900 | 3950 |
 | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:15 |
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| Last snowfall: | 15 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Switzerland are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (2)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Switzerland are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (2)
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