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El Fraile at 1280 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 am (local time) / 27 Apr 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Becoming milder with light rain (total 6.0mm) on Tue afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue afternoon, min -1°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, near gales from the WNW by Wed morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Thu afternoon, min -4°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri morning, calm by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||
Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | |||||||||||||
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some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light snow | light snow | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
min °C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
-6 | -4 | -6 | -6 | -3 | -8 | -10 | -8 | -8 | -8 | -6 | -10 | -12 | -9 | -10 | -6 | -2 | -4 | |
93 | 85 | 88 | 92 | 99 | 77 | 95 | 95 | 86 | 99 | 98 | 83 | 67 | 73 | 81 | 49 | 65 | 48 | |
2150 | 1900 | 1300 | 1950 | 1800 | 1850 | 1200 | 1300 | 1250 | 1300 | 1300 | 1150 | 1000 | 1050 | 300 | 1000 | 1250 | 1350 | |
 | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — |
 | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:44 | — |
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El Fraile Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 10 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 25 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Chile are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of April has on average:
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for El Fraile at the specific elevation of 1280 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of El Fraile. 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 El Fraile
Overall 2.5 Based on 8 votes and 3 reviews
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- Escalador from Chile writes:
El Fraile today Friday 26th 2011 plenty of powder and expecting some more for tomorrow night :)
Visitor Reviews of El Fraile
Escalador from Chile writes:
El Fraile today Friday 26th 2011 plenty of powder and expecting some more for tomorrow night :)
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