2,700 meters high and only 50 kilometers from the capital city of Chile, La Parva ski resort stands out from the rest of the winter resorts because of a single feature: the entire valley of Santiago may be watched from its base.

Together with El Colorado and Valle Nevado, it is the largest skiable surface in South America. La Parva offers 38 kilometers distributed into 30 long and varied runs that may interconnect with the Nevado runs by means of a special ticket.

Its 14 lifts cover 9,673 meters of land with vertical drops that range between the 2,5 and the 412 meters. The privileged location of La Parva provides sunny runs, good snow conditions and pleasant temperatures to practice ski modalities, snowboarding and heli-skiing.

Its equipment and infrastructure guarantee service quality in lodging, gastronomy, equipment rental and the rest of the facilities offered by the resort.

How to Get There:
Located 50 km to the East of Santiago, within the Metropolitan area. Go 35 km along the paved road to Farellones, and then 6 more kilometers up to La Parva. During the winter, the tire chains is mandatory and traffic circulation is allowed to go up from 8am to 2pm and down from 2pm to 8pm.

High season:
Weekends, holidays and the period between July 8 and August 15, both dates included.

Low season:
The remaining period.

Activities:
Skiing, snowboarding, heli-skiing.

Services:
Accommodation, transport, restaurants, entertainment, medical assistance, disco, ski school and ski rental.

Construction and implementation of a modern system to make artificial snow
A modern system to make snow which will cover practically the entire low zone of the ski resort, from tower 4 of the Barros Negros lift up to La Parva Chica and Manzanito, will allow the season to begin earlier and guarantee an opening in much better conditions.

Purchase of new machinery for works in the runs
For the last four years, La Parva has been cataloged by skiers as the ski resort with the best preparation of runs. To continue with the users' preferences, a snowgroomer make Kassborher PB 300 will be purchased. With the incorporation of these machines to the fleet, there will be a total of 6 operational machines.

In Santiago de Chile:
Av. El Bosque Norte 0177 - 2 Floor
Phone: (56 2) 339-8482 / (56 2) 431-0420

Web oficial : www.skilaparva.cl   l   Email : parvacordillera@skilaparva.cl