El Colorado ski center, due to its location close to the city of Santiago (Capital of Chile), services offered, convenience and ski slopes has been transformed in the ideal center to the practice of white sport for families and young people during each winter season.
It has cozy hotels and apartments for rental. The gastronomical supply is varied; supermarket, grill, pub, discoteque.
Full ski equipment is rented, collective and particular ski classes, and for children also.
El Colorado Ski Center (2,430 - 3,333 mts above sea level / 7,970 - 10,930 ft above sea level) is formed of two interconnected villages, each one with hotels and refuges. Next to La Parva and Valle Nevado, the major and best Ski surface in South America.
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The skiable terrain is 40 kms, with 22 ski slopes: 11 for beginners, 4 intermediate levels, 3 advanced and 4 for experts. The longest slope has 4,3 kilometers and all of them are maintained with mechanics machines. The ski center counts with 19 ski lifts: two doubles chair, three triples chair, 12 dragging lifts and two for children that cover a distance of 15.650 meters. Located over El Colorado hill, with a maximum height of 3.333 meters. It receives short but abundant snow with an average of 5 meters of snow in a normal year. From Santiago, only 39 kilometers, is El Colorado ski center, located in the Andes Mountain Range, it gets in 1 hour approximately by pavement route. |