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 Laguna del Inca at 2,853 m (9,360 ft) | |
  Ski Portillo Chile Location in Chile | |
| Location | Andes mountains, Valparaíso Region,Chile |
| Nearest major city | Los Andes |
| Coordinates | 32°50′10″S70°07′44″W / 32.836°S 70.129°W /-32.836; -70.129 |
| Vertical | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
| Top elevation | 3,310 m (10,860 ft) (lift) 4,222 m (13,852 ft) (summit) |
| Base elevation | 2,548 m (8,360 ft) (lift) 2,880 m (9,450 ft) (hotel) |
| Skiable area | 5.0 km2 (1,240 acres) |
| Trails | 35 |
| Longest run | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Lift system | 5chairlifts, 9surface lifts |
| Snowfall | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
| Snowmaking | yes |
| Night skiing | none |
| Website | skiportillo.com |
Portillo is aski resort in theAndes mountains ofChile. Located in theValparaíso Region, it is 61 km (38 mi) fromLos Andes, the nearest city, and 160 km (100 mi) by vehicle fromSantiago. Its hotel sits at anelevation of 2,880 m (9,450 ft)above sea level.
Ski Portillo has 35 named runs and 14 lifts. The lowest lift loads at 2,548 m (8,360 ft), and the highest reaches 3,310 m (10,860 ft), yielding a vertical drop of 762 m (2,500 ft).
The summit of the mountain(Ojos de Agua) climbs to 4,222 m (13,852 ft). Nearby peaks includeLos Tres Hermanos at 4,751 m (15,587 ft) andLa Paraya at 4,831 m (15,850 ft).Aconcagua, the highest mountain in both theWestern Hemisphere andSouthern Hemisphere, is nearby at 6,961 m (22,838 ft), which exceeds any peak outside theHimalayas,Karakoram,Pamir andTien Shan ofAsia.
Plans to build the ski area were drawn up in the 1930s. Construction began in 1942 and the ski area was opened in 1949. Several of theski lifts on the west side of the valley were destroyed by avalanches in 1965[1] and were rebuilt in time for Portillo to host theAlpine World Ski Championships in August1966.[2] Those championships marked the emergence ofJean-Claude Killy, who won gold medals in thedownhill andcombined events. Portillo has since become one of the principal destinations for ski racers to train during theNorthern Hemisphere summer and hosts the national ski teams of Austria, Italy, and theUnited States.
It is owned and operated by the Purcell family who have a chain of hotels in Chile, most noticeably the Tierra Hotels including Tierra Atacama inSan Pedro de Atacama.[3][dead link]
Portillo lies close to the border between Chile andArgentina atPaso Los Libertadores.
The ski season at Portillo typically runs from mid-June to early-October, conditions permitting.
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