20 km
2580 m - 3310 m
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Test report Portillo
Skiresort.info Test of the ski resort Portillo
Total result: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Test Portillo
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Further evaluation criteria
Evaluation criteria for special interests
In detail: Test report for ski resort Portillo
Top evaluation criteria
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Runs/slopes
Additional runs
10 km Marked ski routes
Altitude difference
730 m (Valley 2580 m - Mountain 3310 m )
Lifts/ cable cars
14
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 2 ← 2
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 2 ← 2
Runs/slopes
Total 20 km
Easy
10 km
(50 %)Intermediate
4 km
(20 %)Difficult
6 km
(30 %)
Additional runs
Marked ski routes
10 km
Longest run
3 km
Run location
above tree line
Worth knowing
- Valley run available
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Number of ski lifts
14
Total capacity
9900 Passengers / hour
Length of all lifts
6.6 km Total
Lifts and cable cars
5
9
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Worth knowing
- Artificial snow-making
- The valley run is always open when ski resort is open; without the valley run, ski operation is not possible.
The slope preparation is very good.
Tip: By new snow, an optimal slope prepartion is not always possible, even with a large effort. In addition, the new snow can not combine with the snow lying underneath and moguls are created quickly. For safety reasons, usually no slope preparation is possible during operating times.
Further evaluation criteria
Access via Autopista Los Libertadores Nr. 57, Ausfahrt Calle Larga
- El Pateau Chair (Portillo), Ideal entry for day visitors
Distance: 70 km · approx. 79 Minutes driving time
Roads: Side road, well-developed, with significant incline
Parking spaces: usually enough available, Stone parking lot, free of charge
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Public transportation/ on-site mobility
- No direct train connection
- No ski busses
- Scheduled busses
Ski-in/Ski-out
There are only a few accommodations with direct access to the slopes and to lifts (Ski-in/Ski-out)
Towns/villages
- Portillo
Distance to ski resort
Note: For the evaluation, only the accommodations which are located directly on the slopes and lifts, or have very easy access to the ski resort have been considered.
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Evaluation criteria for special interests
Information for families and children
- Wave ride for children
- Adventure course
- Children's lifts
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
- Ski school for children
Information for beginners
- Easy and manageable slope offering, which is easy to achieve
- Wide slopes
- Beginner's area
- Easy valley run
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for advanced skiers, freeriders
- many freeride / deep snow areas
- few mogul slopes
- few extremely difficult, steep and unprepared runs (Double Diamonds)
Slope offering advanced skiers
Runs/slopes
Total 20 km
Difficult
6 km
(30 %)Additional runs
Marked ski routes
10 km
Note: Always mind the avalanche warnings and barriers, please. Never ski into a closed and unsecured area.
Information for Snowboarders
- few cat tracks
- few runs with ascent
- many freeride / deep snow areas
Offering snow parks
- No snow park/ fun park
- No halfpipe
Conclusion
bad restaurants and hotels, too expensive
short runs
not many advanced runs
connection between the two sides
Detailed description of the ski resort
You can start the ski day at the Hotel Portillo with the double chair El Plateau. From the top station you can take the Va et Vient Slingshot lift Condor up to an advanced run. The intermediate slope Plateau takes you back to the double chair. A quad and 3 t-bars are serving the same slope on this side of the ski resort. The advanced run Garcanta takes you through the rocks back to the Hotel Portillo. To ski the other runs on the other side of the resort, you have to push you around the Hotel Portillo to the double chair Conejo or to the quad La Laguna to come to the intermediate run Juncalillo, where you can ski down to the triple chair Juncalillo, located at the lowest point of the resort at 2580m. With the triple chair you hover over the mountain road up to the mountain. Now you can ski or ride back to the hotel or again up with the quad La Laguna to the second Va et Vient Slingshot lift Roca Jack. On this lift you have two short advanced runs. If you want to go back to the other side of the resort (Plateau), you have to push you around the Hotel Portillo to the double chair. For lunch you can only go to the Hotel Portillo which is not recommendable or the not very friendly mountain hut near the top station of the double chair Plateau. Recapitulating, you can say that Portillo has only two really slopes on every side of the resort which are not connected together, you always have to push you around the Hotel Portillo to come from the one to the other side. If you go skiing in Chile, forget Portillo and stay one day longer in the resorts (La Parva, El Colorado, Valle Nevado) near Santiago...
Test Report issued on 2001-08-10
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