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Key facts
| Resort | 3025 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 2430-3670 m |
| Lifts | 45 |
| Pistes | 113 km |
| Green | 14 % |
| Blue | 30 % |
| Red | 42 % |
| Black | 14 % |
| Snowmaking |
Package operators
AmeriCan Ski, Crystal, Crystal Finest, Kuoni, Momentum, Scott Dunn Latin America, Ski Safari, Skiworld
Valle Nevado
The upside
- Spectacular Andes scenery
- Ski-in ski-out convenience
- Reliable snow record
- Good intermediate terrain
- Most extensive slopes in Chile but…
The downside
- No joint lift pass with El Colorado and La Parva
- Local slopes limited by Alpine standards
- Exposed, treeless mountain
- Few on-piste challenges for experts
- Stark, high-rise buildings typical of French purpose-built resorts
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Summary
Valle Nevado is a high-rise, purpose-built resort in the mode of Les Arcs – not surprisingly as it was designed by the Chilean architect Eduardo Stern after he’d worked in France and on the Les Arcs project. The village is 60km from Chile’s capital city Santiago, at the top of a winding approach road. The slopes form a small network of well-groomed, mainly intermediate pistes that share links with those in El Colorado and La Parva. Together they offer South America’s most extensive and varied ski area, but there is no joint lift pass – you have to buy daily extensions.
News
For 2009/10 the Tres Puntas Pub in the hotel Valle Nevado has been remodelled. The two restaurants at the Hotel Puerta del Sol have merged, with a new design and menu. And new apartments, Valle de Condores II, have opened.
For 2008 access was improved to the Prado and Mirado lifts. The children’s snow garden was revamped and a new moving carpet added.
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