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El Colorado is a ski resort about 40 km outside of Santiago, Chile.

Understand[edit]

El Colorado has restaurants, equipment rental, and ski and snowboard schools.

Get in[edit]

El Colorado

El Colorado is easily accessible from Santiago by road.

By bus[edit]

Numerous companies offer service between different points in Santiago and El Colorado, and a round trip ticket usually costs around 12,000 pesos.

By road[edit]

El Colorado is only accessible by a narrow mountain route with over 20 switchbacks. Motorists should also be sure to check whether the road is operating in both directions; on weekends during the winter season, the road often operates in one direction (towards El Colorado in the morning, and back to Santiago in the afternoon).

Fees[edit]

Ski lift ticket prices (as of 2021):

  • 65 years or older 40,800 pesos
  • 25–64 years old 54,000 pesos
  • 13–24 years old 40,800 pesos
  • 5–12 years old 35,900 pesos
  • 0–4 years old 9,000 pesos

Get around[edit]

All parts of the hamlet of El Colorado are accessible by foot. During the season, the ski resort operates a shuttle connecting the hamlet with the mountain base.

See[edit]

Do[edit]

Skiing, snowboarding, sun bathing, etc.

Buy[edit]

Eat[edit]

El Colorado ski resort has several restaurants at its base and on the mountain.

Drink[edit]

Sleep[edit]

  • Colorado Apartment Hotel (at the base of El Colorado Ski center, south of parking lot at 10 m away from chair lift El Cururo), +56 2 2246 7398. Check-in: 16:00, check-out: 11:00. Colorado Apart Hotel accommodates two to seven people comfortably, all units include a kitchenette, TV, Wi-Fi, individual heating thermostats and terraces with spectacular views of the slopes in daylight and the Santiago's lights after dark. Restaurant, equipment rental. Includes breakfast & dinner, daily cleaning service.

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