Portillo, South America's best-known ski resort, their guests are coming from all over the world, as there are no other hotels, so Portillos’s maximum of 450 people have the slopes all to themselves, which makes visitors feel much like they are skiing in their own private resort. Portillo sells all-inclusive Ski Weeks : from June to October
Its central location is about 2.5 hours from Santiago, nestled high in the Andes, right on the border between Argentina and Chile.
Portillo’s 10,859 feet altitude and with an average of 20 feet of snow per season, assure dry powder snow followed by sunny days with blue skies. Portillo is world renown for superb ski conditions and the legendary beauty of the Laguna de Inca Lake surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the hemisphere.
Summer skiing in South America offers, not only the chance to ski from June to October, also offer the finest skiing available anywhere, so skiers pack up and travel to South America and enjoy the beautiful mountains and breathtaking scenery. While North America is melting under the summer heat, the snow in the Argentinean and Chilean Andes is waiting for you that are looking for an alternative.
