Portillo, Inalterado
Portillo diehards wouldn’t have it any other way than old-school. See for yourself here.
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Stars paint the sky above Los Tres Hermanos (The Three Brothers), just beyond Laguna del Inca. “Inalterado” means unchanged.
Henry Purcell, the owner of Ski Portillo, moved to Chile when he was 28 years old to help his uncle with the ski area. “We decided years ago that we were not going to develop here, that we were going to leave it without condominiums,” says Henry.
Henry Purcell airs it out back in the day at Portillo.
Crowds packed the Hotel Portillo for the 1966 Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony.
Mike Douglas heads to lunch.
Ingrid Backstrom shreds lower El Estadio, on some of Portillo’s 1,235-acre inbounds terrain.
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Chris Davenport in Primavera, a backcountry zone accessed via the Roca Jack lift. “We look across the valley wearing our ‘freeride goggles’ and see endless opportunities for skiing,” says Davenport. “So this place that looks small to some looks absolutely huge to us.”
Superstars Camp instructors, from left to right: Mike Douglas, Ingrid Backstrom, Chris Davenport, Wendy Fisher, Chris Anthony, and Daron Rahlves. Davenport’s hosted his camp at Portillo for 13 years.
Backstrom on the hotel deck, happy with the weather forecast.
George Rodney, 2012 Junior Freeskiing Tour overall champion, back-flips his way to the Juncalillo lift.
From the pool, check out Los Tres Hermanos. Not too shabby.
The 2013 Portillo Superstars Camp group gathered on the hotel deck.
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