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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Portillo at 3310 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 16 Sep 2026
Next 4 days weather summary:Drizzle on Fri afternoon turning to light snow on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Thu afternoon, min -1°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun morning. Becoming milder with light rain (total 6.0mm) on Mon afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Mon morning, min -5°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | light snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | light rain | snow shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
max °C | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -3 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
min °C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -5 | -2 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
chill °C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -10 | -10 | -7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
Humid % | 17 | 17 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 57 | 51 | 46 | 81 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 83 | 70 | 80 | 51 |
Freeze m | 3350 | 3500 | 3900 | 3400 | 3450 | 3650 | 3300 | 3300 | 3400 | 3050 | 2550 | 3000 | 3450 | 3650 | 3900 | 3600 |
 | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:36 | — |
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Portillo Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 264 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 148 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 11 Sep 2026 |
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Other resorts in Chile are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Snow History
Week 3 of September has on average:
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.3 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Visitor Reviews of Portillo
Overall 3.8 Based on 38 votes and 22 reviews
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- Davey B. from United States writes:
I really wanted to like Portillo, but frankly it's mediocre in most aspects. The vertical is not great with all lifts accessing less than 1,000'. It's very difficult to expand that number because the resort is divided in half by the Inca Lake. The best skiing is the "bowls" - really just long chutes that you reach via 4/5 person poma lifts that whisk you up. There are 3 of these, and from them you can traverse or climb to some others. In most other ambitious ski resorts these would all have chairlifts and better planning of layout throughout. The care-taking of the mountain is seriously lacking, with minimal grooming, little signage of any kind, and complacent staff attitudes. The "trails" number less than a handful and get boring quickly, especially after skiing/boarding them for a day or two. If snow is iffy there is hardly any snowmaking backup - a serious problem. Most folks stay at the Hotel Portillo (except for the budget minded - there's a bunk bed building) which is basic; very modest rooms including 4 meals daily which are surprisingly bad and sometimes near rancid. I don't know how it's partnered up with Rockresorts, other than a stunning location (it has nothing in common with those five star resorts). As someone who has skied most everywhere I'm glad I visited for my own education, but I'd find it hard to recommend this place except for the most inquisitive, it simply doesn't live up to expectations. From what I understand, Valle Nevado is a better choice, and when I return to S.A. it will be my next.
Visitor Reviews of Portillo
Davey B. from United States writes:
I really wanted to like Portillo, but frankly it's mediocre in most aspects. The vertical is not great with all lifts accessing less than 1,000'. It's very difficult to expand that number because the resort is divided in half by the Inca Lake. The best skiing is the "bowls" - really just long chutes that you reach via 4/5 person poma lifts that whisk you up. There are 3 of these, and from them you can traverse or climb to some others. In most other ambitious ski resorts these would all have chairlifts and better planning of layout throughout. The care-taking of the mountain is seriously lacking, with minimal grooming, little signage of any kind, and complacent staff attitudes. The "trails" number less than a handful and get boring quickly, especially after skiing/boarding them for a day or two. If snow is iffy there is hardly any snowmaking backup - a serious problem. Most folks stay at the Hotel Portillo (except for the budget minded - there's a bunk bed building) which is basic; very modest rooms including 4 meals daily which are surprisingly bad and sometimes near rancid. I don't know how it's partnered up with Rockresorts, other than a stunning location (it has nothing in common with those five star resorts). As someone who has skied most everywhere I'm glad I visited for my own education, but I'd find it hard to recommend this place except for the most inquisitive, it simply doesn't live up to expectations. From what I understand, Valle Nevado is a better choice, and when I return to S.A. it will be my next.
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