What's on in Farellones, Chile through the year

Busy — Summer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Summer mountain park (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Summer mountain park (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Summer mountain park (1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  First snows, lifts still shut

  15 Apr – 14 Jun · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  Autumn storms from late April can dust the slopes and close the road, but the resorts rarely open before June, and the village has little open in between. Source ↗

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: First snows, lifts still shut (15 Apr – 14 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — Ski season, Winter holidays in Chile

• Season

  Ski season

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyCrowded

  Farellones and El Colorado share one lift system and usually open in the second half of June — 19 June in 2026 — running into late September depending on how the storms come in. Source ↗

• Rule

  One-way hours on the road up

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyWinter road closures

  In ski season the G-21 switchbacks run uphill only in the morning and downhill only in the afternoon, and carrying chains is enforced whenever a storm warning is out. Miss the window and you wait. Source ↗

Still on: First snows, lifts still shut (15 Apr – 14 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — Ski season, Chilean winter school holidays

• Season

  Chilean winter school holidays

  1–31 JulCrowdedBook early

  Santiago is an hour and a half down the switchbacks, so July puts queues on the road up and on every beginner lift. Midweek outside July is a completely different mountain.

Still on: Ski season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), One-way hours on the road up (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Ski season

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Ski season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), One-way hours on the road up (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Ski season, Fiestas Patrias recess in Chile

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Ski season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), One-way hours on the road up (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Closure

  Lifts closed between seasons

  1 Oct – 30 Nov · usually

  After the lifts stop in late September or early October nothing runs until the summer park opens in early December; the village is shuttered and the road up is empty. Source ↗

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Lifts closed between seasons (1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Opening

  Summer mountain park

  1 Dec – 15 Mar · usuallySummer season opens

  Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut. Source ↗