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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Mount Roon at 1696 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 am (local time) / 20 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Sat afternoon, min -3°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, near gales from the WNW by Sat night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Becoming milder with heavy rain (total 24.0mm) on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Tue night, min -7°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Sun morning, light winds from the WNW by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | mod. snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | heavy snow | light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 18 | 31 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 |
max °C | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | -6 | -5 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
min °C | -1 | -1 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -1 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -7 | -6 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
chill °C | -3 | -4 | -6 | -5 | -6 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -11 | -14 | -17 | -15 | -10 | -9 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -6 |
Humid % | 68 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 81 | 89 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 90 | 86 | 88 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
Freeze m | 1450 | 1650 | 1150 | 1200 | 1300 | 1200 | 1500 | 1900 | 1900 | 950 | 950 | 850 | 1000 | 1250 | 1550 | 1750 | 1750 | 1950 |
 | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — |
 | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 13 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:
1.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.0 | 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 Mount Roon at the specific elevation of 1696 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Roon. 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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Visitor Reviews of Mount Roon
Overall 2.8 Based on 2 votes and 1 review
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- Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
Visitor Reviews of Mount Roon
Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
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