Valle Nevado

Valle Nevado, Ski resort is located 46 kilometers west of Santiago, capital of Chile.

Valle Nevado is one of Chile's most modern Ski Centers. It was created in1988 by french businessmen, taking European Ski Resorts located at the Alps as model to follow.

With more than 9.000 hectares of skiable area, is considered one of the most modern Ski Centers in South America. During last years, trails have been extended and a new "snow park" and "halfpipe" was created for different kinds of freestyle skiing and snowboarding. Also, heliskiing can be practised here. Valle Nevado was the host of the Snowboard World Championship in 2005. The resort was also featuerd as a snowboardable area in the Xbox 360 videogame Amped 3.

Resort statistics

Elevation

*Base: 3.028 m
*Highest Elevation: 3.670 m
*Lowest Elevation: 2.860 m

Trails

* Skiable area: approx. 9000 hectares
* Trails: 102
* Terrain Parks: 1
** Half Pipe: 1

Lifts

*8 total
** 1 Hi-Speed Detachable Quad
** 1 Fixed Grip Quads
** 1 Fixed Grip Triple
** 1 Double Chair
** 4 Surface Lifts

External links

* [http://www.vallenevado.com Official Website]
* [http://www.sernatur.cl National Service for Tourism]
* [http://www.funner.us/videos/vallenevado.html Video Checkout of Valle Nevado By Funner Films - Snowboard Chile]
* [http://www.onthesnow.com/CL-CL/758/skireport.html OnTheSnow.com snow report for Valle Nevado]