Valle Nevado

Beware. This resort is a dangerous place. They are currently being sued by several people who had accidents there. http://teletrece.canal13.cl/t13/html/Noticias/Chile/232564.html http://teletrece.canal13.cl/t13/html/Noticias/Chile/236097Ivideoq1.html Do your own research and you will find that there are many other cases like this that have happened over the years at this station. There are several other safer resorts to choose from. Dont risk going to Valle Nevado and hurting yourself because the management people are too stupid to implement basic security ...  Read the complete review

I visited Valle Nevado (www.vallenevado.com) in August 1995. I was on a business trip in South America and was due to spend the weekend in Santiago. Our agent out there offered to take me skiing for the weekend, so I jumped at the chance, and on the Saturday moring we set off for the 1.5 hours drive from Santiago to Valle Nevado. As we got closer to the resort there were a lot of street vendors selling snow chains as apperently it is some sort of legal requirement to have them when in the resort (or was it the Andes in general?). Obviously I hadn't taken my skis with me so on arriving at the ski area the first port of call was the ski hire shop. One major ...  Read the complete review