Itching to Explore the Chilean Slopes? This is the Pro to Show You Around
If Ski Portillo is the cruise ship of the Andes, then professional skier and guide Kim Reichhelm is the cruise director.
If Ski Portillo is the cruise ship of the Andes, then professional skier and guide Kim Reichhelm is the cruise director.
I want to go back to Vail and scream Journey lyrics to a packed bar. Sounds like a good time to me.
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Portillo diehards wouldn’t have it any other way than old-school. See for yourself here.
Welcome to Portillo, Chile, where gringos trade flip-flops for ski boots, racers and freeriders mingle, and pisco flows like carménère.
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At Portillo, there’s a good chance you’ll share a Poma with Seth Morrison or Daron Rahlves. It’s the off-season training spot for the pros. It’s no wonder why. All above treeline, the terrain is point-and-go, from rock-lined chutes to wide-open bowls to impeccably groomed cruisers. Laps are punctuated by boots-off, white-tablecloth lunches, hot-tub soaks, Ping-Pong with the locals, and thumping disco. Stay at the all-inclusive, European-style Portillo Lodge, where ski history seeps from wooden walls decorated with trophies from the first World Cup races. Thanks to overnight flights from the U.S. and a two-hour drive from the Santiago airport, you can even ski the day you arrive.
The ski industry does its part in the Chile earthquake relief mission.
Almost 7 feet and counting
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