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Ride Portillo / Valle Nevado
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Can anyone tell me what these places are like. I've been doing my research and although both are fairly expensive, Portillo seems to be the cheaper of the two. The heli-skiing doesn't look too expensive either - £110 for one drop including a guide.
Do they have a decent selection of equipment to hire? I'm not going till September so i'm hoping there will be more end of season offers!
On the Portillo website they appear to only do accomodation Saturday to Saturday. I don't arrive till Sunday but still want to do a full week. Is this going to be a problem?
Any advice much appreciated.....
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I truly wish I had the experience to answer your question myself but I'm sure someone else around here will know.
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They are only expensive if you factor in the flight to Santiago being transcontinental - otherwise costs pretty much compare to US or Europe for all-in deals I think. Portillo is wholly resort owned and geared towards 1 week packages so I'd give them a call to see if you can go Sun-Sun. I'd get bored with the skiing there if conditions weren't great over a week. Valle Nevado has a choice of hotels. It would certainly be possible to do both areas in aweek (& pretty easy if you had a hire car) but it may require looking for independednt accomodation (see other threads on this.)
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IMHO. Portilio is limited, You can ski round the lift served area in a day. Accomodation is limited & expensive however its "Full board" thats the case at most resorts in Chile & Argentina. There are some hostels & appartments but if you do not speak Spanish negotiating maybe a problem. ? Best skiing is off Condor or Roca Jack.
Also if you turn up in Portillio after skiing Chillan or Valle Nevado its a big dissapointment except for the stunning scenery.
I just turned up at the Hotel Portilio and got a room but was very lucky as it was the last one
, there was a heavy storm outside & I didnt want to drive back down to Los Andes
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, there was a heavy storm outside & I didnt want to drive back down to Los Andes 
