35 km
1600 m - 2700 m
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Test report Termas de Chillan
Skiresort.info Test of the ski resort Termas de Chillan
Total result: 3.2 out of 5 stars
Test Termas de Chillan
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In detail: Test report for ski resort Termas de Chillan
Top evaluation criteria
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Runs/slopes
Altitude difference
1100 m (Valley 1600 m - Mountain 2700 m )
Lifts/ cable cars
9 · Heli-skiing
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 4 ← 1
Number of lifts to get from one end of the ski resort to the other
→ 4 ← 1
Runs/slopes
Total 35 km
Easy
10 km
(29 %)Intermediate
15 km
(42 %)Difficult
10 km
(29 %)
Longest run
13 km
Run location
above tree line, under tree line
Worth knowing
- Valley run available
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Number of ski lifts
9 · Heli-skiing
Total capacity
9000 Passengers / hour
Length of all lifts
9.8 km Total
Lifts and cable cars
4
5
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Worth knowing
- Artificial snow-making
10 % of the slopes have snow-making capabilities
- The valley run is always open when ski resort is open; without the valley run, ski operation is not possible.
Season 2009
105 Days open
105 Days when valley run open
105 Days when valley run open
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 Ruta 5, Ausfahrt Chillán
- El Tata Chair (Termas de Chillan), Ideal entry for day visitors
Distance: 79 km · approx. 92 Minutes driving time
Roads: Side road, Mountain road, not developed, with significant incline
Parking spaces: enough available, Stone parking lot, free of charge
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Public transportation/ on-site mobility
- No direct train connection
- No ski busses
- No scheduled busses
Ski-in/Ski-out
There are some accommodations with direct access to the slopes and to lifts (Ski-in/Ski-out)
Towns/villages
- Chillan
Distance to ski resort more than 20 km
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
- Kid's Land/ separated area for children
- Wave ride for children
- Adventure course
- Children's lifts
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for beginners
- Easy and manageable slope offering, which is easy to achieve
- Wide slopes
- Beginner's area
- Beginner's lifts near the valley
Information for advanced skiers, freeriders
- some freeride / deep snow areas
- few mogul slopes
Slope offering advanced skiers
Runs/slopes
Total 35 km
Difficult
10 km
(29 %)Note: Always mind the avalanche warnings and barriers, please. Never ski into a closed and unsecured area.
South America’s First Snow Park for Snowboarding, 250 meters long, 2100 meters above sea level
Half Pipe, Quarter Pipe, Fun Box, and Jumps...
Information for Snowboarders
- few cat tracks
- no runs with ascent
- some freeride / deep snow areas
Offering snow parks
- Snow park/ Fun park
- Quarterpipe
- Kicker (Jump/ Ramp)
- Rails/ Slides
- Boxes
- Wallride
- Corner / Hip
- Boardercross
- Waverides
Conclusion
no paved road to the ski resort
nice panorama, long and many different runs
Detailed description of the ski resort
From Las Trancas you drive about 15 min. an unpaved road up to the ski resort Termas de Chillan. You can park near the hotels or you can drive up where you find more parking lots. From the hotels you can take the double chair El Tata ditto up the parking lots. Following to the double chair are the t-bar Novicios and the double chair La Mami, especially for beginners, the triple chair Don Beno and the long double chair with middle station Don Otto. There is also the t-bar La Peta ending who serves one easy slope through the forest. If you take the triple chair, the t-bar El Chueco with curve and the t-bars Pillin and El Fresco you reach the highest point in the ski resort. Easy to intermediate, very wide and well groomed runs lead beside the lifts down to valley, or you can take the fantastic intermediate run Las Tres Marias for 13 km far away from the other slopes through untouched landscape down to Termas de Chillan. If you take the double chair
Don Otto you reach nice advanced and intermediate runs as well as nice different deep snow runs and you can ski or ride via a flat way to the upper t-bars (Pillin und El Fresco). Down to Termas de Chillan you will find only very easy runs and you can ski directly to the hotels. For lunch you have a very nice restaurant at the beginner slope La Mami with live music on the terrace (weather permitting), but there is no Après Ski after a ski day!
Termas de Chillan is one of the resort with the best slopes in Chile, due to the length of the runs and the nice grooming!
Test Report issued on 2001-08-07
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