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The Best Attractions In Portillo

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Portillo is a ski resort in South America, located in the Andes mountains of Chile. In the Valparaíso Region, it is near the city of Los Andes, and 160 km by vehicle from Santiago. Its hotel sits at an elevation of 2,880 m above sea level, and the highest lift reaches 3,310 m . The lowest lift loads at 2,548 m , yielding a vertical drop of 762 m . Ski Portillo has 35 named runs and 14 lifts. It is owned and operated by the Purcell family who have a chain of hotels in Chile, most noticeably the Tierra Hotels including Tierra Atacama in San Pedro de Atacama.Plans to build the ski area were drawn up in the 1930s. Construction began in 1942 and the ski ar...
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  • 1. Ski Portillo Portillo
    The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4–14 August at Portillo, Chile.To this day, it remains the only alpine world championships contested in the southern hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967. Assignment did happen at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but Germany , Switzerland and Austria did vote against.
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  • 2. Laguna del Inca Portillo
    Laguna del Inca is a lake in Valparaíso Region, Chile, close to the border with Argentina. Portillo ski resort is located at the southern end of the lake, near Chile Route 60. The stream that drains the lake is a tributary of the Juncalillo River, which flows into the Juncal River.
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  • 5. Ruta CH-60 Los Andes
    Chile Route 60 is a main road in the Valparaíso Region of Chile that extends from Valparaíso to Paso Los Libertadores. It continues into Argentina as National Route 7, toward Mendoza. The Route 60 is made up of two separate stretches of road. One goes from the port of Valparaíso to the junction with Chile Route 5 at La Calera. The other stretch extends from Route 5 at Llaillay to the border with Argentina. The actual border crossing is in the 3 km long Cristo Redentor tunnel. The route roughly parallels the course of the Aconcagua River.
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