Corralco
Araucanía (Lonquimay volcano, Andes) · Chile
Corralco is a ski resort in Araucanía (Lonquimay volcano, Andes), Chile. It averages around 600 cm of snow a season on an Andean maritime-continental transition, southern-beech treeline snowpack. The season typically runs Jun-Oct.
Chile's best-regarded powder resort south of Santiago; long season, uncrowded volcano laps
10-day forecast
67 cm total · best window Thursday, Aug 27 (5d, 51cm)
⚠ Freezing-level warning: on the marked days the freezing level sits well above the 1,500 m base — expect rain low down even while it snows at summit.
Each bar is a day's fresh snowfall; the pill is that day's powder score (fresh snow × cold-dry quality × wind-hold). Peak day: Monday, Aug 31 — Good (52). Forecast refreshed every 6 hours from Open-Meteo; last built Aug 27.
Mountain profile
- Summit
- 2,400 m
- Base
- 1,500 m
- Vertical
- 900 m
- Terrain
- ~500 ha on the SE flank of Volcán Lonquimay; hike-to summit at 2,865 m
- Avg annual snow
- 600 cm
- Typical season
- Jun-Oct
- Snow climate
- Andean maritime-continental transition, southern-beech treeline
- Type
- Lift-served + ski-touring
Coordinates for this resort are provisional (auto-geocoded) — forecast grid point may be approximate.
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