What's on in Portillo, 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: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

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

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

Busy — Winter holidays in Chile

• Closure

  Access road shut by storms

  1 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyRisk

  The hotel sits on the international road to Argentina and the pass closes whenever a big front arrives; 2026 saw it shut for 34 days. Guests already up there ski; getting in or out waits. Source ↗

• Season

  Ski season

  20 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  A single hotel at 2,880 metres on a lake, open from late June to the start of October and shut the rest of the year. Late season can run into October when the snow holds.

• Rule

  Saturday-to-Saturday ski weeks

  20 Jun – 5 Oct · usuallyBook early

  The hotel sells all-inclusive weeks, not nights: everyone arrives on Saturday and leaves the next, which is why the place feels like a boarding house. Shorter stays are the exception, not the rule. Source ↗

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — July peak weeks, Winter holidays in Chile

• Season

  July peak weeks

  10 Jul – 10 Aug · usuallySchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The Chilean and Argentine school breaks fall inside the best snow of the season, which makes the middle of July to early August the dearest and the first weeks to sell out.

Still on: Access road shut by storms (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Ski season (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Saturday-to-Saturday ski weeks (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Busy — July peak weeks

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Access road shut by storms (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Ski season (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Saturday-to-Saturday ski weeks (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), July peak weeks (10 Jul – 10 Aug (usually))

Busy — Fiestas Patrias recess in Chile

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Access road shut by storms (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)), Ski season (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Saturday-to-Saturday ski weeks (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  Closed out of season

  15 Oct – 10 Jun · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  There is no summer operation: the hotel shuts, the road is just the road to Mendoza and there is nothing at the lake but the lake. Come for snow or not at all.

Still on: Ski season (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Saturday-to-Saturday ski weeks (20 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Summer holidays in Chile

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Closed out of season (15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually))