El Colorado is on Cerro Colorado, above the village of Farellones in the Andes, about an hour from Santiago. The top is 3,333 metres (10,935 feet) and the base 2,430 metres (7,972 feet), for 903 metres (2,963 feet) of vertical. Seventeen lifts, 4 chairlifts, 12 surface lifts and a magic carpet, serve 98 runs with 71 kilometres (44 miles) of skiing, and the resort gives a skiable domain of 12 square kilometres. The Olympus restaurant, at 3,202 metres (10,505 feet), is Chile’s highest restaurant, the resort says.
Skiers from Ski Club Chile reached Cerro Colorado in 1932, the first drag lift went up at La Gran Bajada in 1948, and El Colorado opened its first double chairlift in 1953. Since 2013 it has had a FIS-homologated downhill course, and race teams train there from June to September.
Parador Pista looks at the slope by the Parador building at the base. Mirador Cima is a lookout at the top, and Liebre Base is at the bottom of the Liebre T-bar in the upper part of the mountain. Compare Mirador Cima and Liebre Base with Parador Pista to see how conditions change with height.
None of the cams shows Route G-21, so check the road status on the resort’s slope report before you drive up.
El Colorado is reached from Santiago on Route G-21, the Farellones road, and the resort is 69 kilometres (43 miles) from Santiago’s international airport (SCL).
Chile’s transport authority for the Santiago region sets the rules for G-21 each winter. In the 2026 season, every vehicle had to carry chains when an early weather alert was in effect or when Carabineros or the Lo Barnechea municipality called for them, and the road between La Ermita and curve 32 ran one way at set hours on weekends and holidays.
El Colorado isn’t on the Epic, Ikon or Indy Pass, or the Mountain Collective.