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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Fox Peak at 1510 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 am (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mild at first with light rain (total 4.0mm) on Sat afternoon followed by colder weather and light fall of snow, heaviest on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri morning, min 0°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue morning, min -2°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sun afternoon, light winds from the NW by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||
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clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light rain | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | clear | clear | cloudy | snow shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | light snow | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
max °C | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
min °C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
chill °C | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -6 | -10 | -11 | -7 | -5 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -3 |
Humid % | 48 | 69 | 63 | 35 | 50 | 56 | 86 | 83 | 88 | 73 | 62 | 63 | 49 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 81 | 92 |
Freeze m | 1900 | 2200 | 1850 | 2200 | 2200 | 1900 | 1600 | 2000 | 1800 | 1250 | 1300 | 1050 | 1450 | 1850 | 2000 | 2200 | 2000 | 1750 |
 | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — |
 | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 15 Aug 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (3)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.7 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (3)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Fox Peak at the specific elevation of 1510 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Fox Peak. 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 New Zealand.
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