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Los Andes to Portillo

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Recorded distance
61 km
Riding-time estimate
54 min
Journey
Recorded itinerary
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Why this ride

A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Aconcagua high Andes and Laguna del Inca.

Editorial context

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Access context

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Seasonal context

Oct-Apr

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Los Andes Chile

    Los Andes sits at the foot of the real thing. The town lies in the Aconcagua valley in central Chile, at about eight hundred metres, among orchards of avocados, grapes and citrus, with the whole wall of the high Andes rising to the east. On a clear day, the snow-covered cone of Aconcagua, at 6,961 metres the highest mountain outside Asia, is visible not far beyond the border, a tilted white tooth above the lesser peaks. The town was founded in 1791 by the governor Ambrosio O'Higgins, the father of the independence hero Bernardo O'Higgins, as a stop on the route over the mountains.

    Read the complete Los Andes Chile write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

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    Planning note

    Los Andes Chile sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Portillo Chile.

  2. 2. Portillo Chile

    Portillo is a ski resort on the main road between Santiago and Mendoza, at a height of about 2,900 metres, and it is one of the oldest and most famous in South America. The big yellow hotel sits on the shore of the Laguna del Inca, a deep blue lake that freezes in winter, with steep, bare mountains rising on all sides and the road tucked in at the foot. The resort hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1966, the first ever held in the southern hemisphere, and it still has the slightly old-fashioned glamour of a place that was famous before most of its rivals were built.

    Read the complete Portillo Chile write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

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    Planning note

    Portillo Chile comes up 61 km in.

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