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Ski El Colorado - Chile Resort

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El Colorado is Chile's biggest and most popular ski area with nearly twice the number of lifts as its nearest competitor. It is exceeded in size on the continent only by Cerro Catedral at Bariloche in Argentina. The mountain complex has the best ski runs in Chile with plenty of space for beginners and challenging terrain for experts. El Colorado is like Mammoth Mountain in California: both are real skiers' mountains which receive plenty of snow, and both are popular with the young, local skiers who spread throughout the vast and sunny slopes on winter weekends.

There are two base areas at the ski resort. The first, on the eastern edge of the town of Farellones, is used by beginner skiers, tobogganists, and non-skiing visitors. Villa Colorado is the more modern base area several kilometers past Farellones. It is here, at the main base lodge called El Parador, that most of El Colorado's skiers begin their day.