06-05-2025
Chile's Most Famous Ski Resort Announces Opening Day
One of the southern hemisphere's most popular ski areas has announced their opening day for the 2025 ski season.
Flakes have started to fall in South America and Chile's Ski Portillo will open to skiers on June 21, 2025, according to a recent announcement by the resort. Portillo is slated to spin lifts until September 27, 2025, conditions and weather permitting.
Following a record breaking beginning to the 2024 season, Ski Portillo is ready for another fantastic and record breaking southern hemisphere winter.
Ski Portillo is known in part for being uniquely self-contained with the resort's iconic yellow Hotel Portillo sitting happily at the base of the mountain. Hotel Portillo was renovated in 2019, and several of the resort's other lodging facilities including the Chalets, Inca, and Octagon Lodges are all currently under renovation as well as part of an ongoing update to facilities ahead of the 2025 season.
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Ski Portillo.
Photo: Liam Doran, Courtesy Ski Portillo
Several Olympic teams are already confirmed for training stints at Ski Portillo, which has a long history with ski racing, ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina. Portillo hosted the 1966 World Championships in ski racing, which was the first and only World Championship hosted in South America. Notably, ski racers like Ted Ligety, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, and Bode Miller have all spent time training at Portillo.
Ski Portillo's signature 7-day ski week starts at $3,050 per person for a double occupancy Valley View room and includes accommodations, four daily meals, eight days of lift tickets, and all other resort amenities. Four person Octagon Lodge rooms start at $2,050 for the week and hostel style rooms at the Inca Lodge are $1,550 for the week.
Throughout their winter season, Ski Portillo also has several annual events including several Kids Ski Free Weeks between June 21-July 19 and August 30-September 27, with one full-price paying adult. There are also two Wine Weeks (July 26-Aug 2 & Aug 23-30) where guests enjoy complimentary après wine tastings from some of Chile's best vineyards.
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