Valle Nevado
Santiago Metropolitan (Andes) · Chile
Valle Nevado is a heli-ski operation in Santiago Metropolitan (Andes), Chile. It averages around 700 cm of snow a season on a High-altitude Andean, mostly above treeline snowpack. The season typically runs Jun-Sep/Oct.
Largest ski area in Chile and the Southern Hemisphere; on-site heli-skiing
10-day forecast
39 cm total · best window Wednesday, Aug 26 (2d, 32cm)
⚠ Freezing-level warning: on the marked days the freezing level sits well above the 2,860 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: Thursday, Aug 27 — Good (64). Forecast refreshed every 6 hours from Open-Meteo; last built Aug 26.
Mountain profile
- Summit
- 3,670 m
- Base
- 2,860 m
- Vertical
- 810 m
- Terrain
- 900 ha (2,200 ac), part of Tres Valles w/ La Parva & El Colorado
- Avg annual snow
- 700 cm
- Typical season
- Jun-Sep/Oct
- Snow climate
- High-altitude Andean, mostly above treeline
- Type
- Lift-served (+ heli)
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