Santiago, Las Condes
Chile 2027 · Pop-Up Lodge
A house in Las Condes for 8 guests at most: breakfast and lunch every day, three asados a week, and a private driver to three resorts.
14 – 28 August 2027 · From $1,495 a week · 8 guests at most
Destinations
Chile
Our second home in the Andes. Santiago is a city of seven million with La Parva, El Colorado and Valle Nevado an hour above it, and Portillo a long day up the road to Argentina.
Chile
Where we ride
Ikon covers Valle Nevado only. Skiing across into La Parva on a Valle Nevado ticket costs extra at the window.
Top ~3,670 m
Valle Nevado
The biggest of the three
Ikon: 7 days (Base: 5). No Ikon? Day ticket ~$105
Private driver from Santiago: $30/day
2,670 to 3,630 m
La Parva
40 runs, 14 lifts, 960 m vertical
Day ticket ~$94, or ~$65 on the 10-day coupon book
Private driver from Santiago: $30/day
Top ~3,330 m
El Colorado
The middle resort in the Valley, with access to the epic Santa Tere sidecountry zone.
Day ticket ~$85
Private driver from Santiago: $30/day
Top ~3,310 m
Portillo
Laguna del Inca, and the steeps
Day ticket ~$75
Private driver from Santiago: $50/day
Open full sizeTrips
Trips in Chile
Book it yourself in Santiago all August, or take a bed at our Pop-Up Lodge in Las Condes.
Santiago and the Tres Valles
Chile on a Budget: Santiago
Any week from mid-July to mid-September, with Ikon days at Valle Nevado an hour from your bed.
Mid-July to mid-Sept · $299 per group, up to 5
Chile
Santiago airport to the snow in about three hours
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Fly into Santiago (SCL). Direct from Miami, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta and New York; most of the rest connect through one of them or through Lima, Bogotá or Panama.
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Uber to Providencia. 30 to 45 minutes, $15 to $30 depending on time and traffic. Uber, Cabify and DiDi all work at the airport.
03
A private driver takes you up. Door-to-door pickup in Providencia, in a 4x4 with room for four riders and their gear. About an hour and a quarter up Route G-21 to Farellones, La Parva, El Colorado or Valle Nevado. $30 per person, round trip. When the first driver is full, a second private driver runs the same trip at the same price.
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And back down. Same driver, same day, to your door. (If both drivers are booked, Ski Van runs the road for $35 each way.) Don't plan on an Uber down: there are almost never drivers up there, and the road rules make it a six-hour round trip for them.
Chile
Good to know
- Language
- Spanish, fast and full of slang: "¿cachai?" means "you know?". English is common in Providencia and at the resorts.
- Money
- Chilean pesos. Cards and contactless work almost everywhere, the resorts included.
- Tipping
- 10% in restaurants; the card machine usually asks if you want to add it.
- Power
- 220V, 50Hz. Type C and Type L plugs.
- Visa
- Many passports, including the US, UK, Canada and the EU, need no visa for a tourist stay of up to 90 days.Rules depend on your passport and can change. Check with Chile's Servicio Nacional de Migraciones before you book.
- Ski season
- Mid-June to late September; the Tres Valles are usually at their best in August.
Food
- Completos at a fuente de soda, empanadas de pino, pastel de choclo, and sopaipillas on a cold day.
- Pisco sours and Piscola, and the wine valleys within reach of Santiago: Maipo, Casablanca, Colchagua.
Culture
- Lunch is the big meal. Dinner starts around 8 pm, and nightlife starts around 10pm.
- "Once" is Chile's early-evening tea: bread, avocado, ham and cheese, around 7 pm.
Santiago, between ski days
Want your own dates?
Heli days, Portillo, the Nevados de Chillán volcanoes to the south: tell us the week and we'll plan Chile around it.
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