SnowOdds

Andes

Chile and Argentina: high, dry and steep, with volcanoes on the horizon.

South America
Painting: Andes

When the snow comes

Average odds across 22 resorts. The most reliable weeks:

  1. 9–15 Aug61%
  2. 16–22 Aug61%
  3. 21–27 Jun59%
  1. 7–13 Jun, 38% avg oddsJun7–13 Jun: 38% average odds
  2. 14–20 Jun, 53% avg odds14–20 Jun: 53% average odds
  3. 21–27 Jun, 59% avg odds21–27 Jun: 59% average odds
  4. 28 Jun – 4 Jul, 49% avg oddsJul28 Jun – 4 Jul: 49% average odds
  5. 5–11 Jul, 58% avg odds5–11 Jul: 58% average odds
  6. 12–18 Jul, 51% avg odds12–18 Jul: 51% average odds
  7. 19–25 Jul, 54% avg odds19–25 Jul: 54% average odds
  8. 26 Jul – 1 Aug, 47% avg odds26 Jul – 1 Aug: 47% average odds
  9. 2–8 Aug, 50% avg oddsAug2–8 Aug: 50% average odds
  10. 9–15 Aug, 61% avg odds9–15 Aug: 61% average odds
  11. 16–22 Aug, 61% avg odds16–22 Aug: 61% average odds
  12. 23–29 Aug, 50% avg odds23–29 Aug: 50% average odds
  13. 30 Aug – 5 Sept, 42% avg oddsSept30 Aug – 5 Sept: 42% average odds
  14. 6–12 Sept, 38% avg odds6–12 Sept: 38% average odds
  15. 13–19 Sept, 33% avg odds13–19 Sept: 33% average odds
  16. 20–26 Sept, 27% avg odds20–26 Sept: 27% average odds
  17. 27 Sept – 3 Oct, 24% avg odds27 Sept – 3 Oct: 24% average odds
  18. 4–10 Oct, 24% avg oddsOct4–10 Oct: 24% average odds

Outlined: the three most reliable weeks. Hover a bar for its dates.

Where to go

Best all season

Highest score across the whole season

  1. 1El ColoradoMetropolitana, best 9–15 Aug61
  2. 2Centro de Ski Chapa VerdeDel Libertador B Ohiggins, best 19–25 Jul60
  3. 3Las LeñasMendoza, best 16–22 Aug60
  4. 4CorralcoDe La Araucania, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug56
  5. 5PortilloDe Valparaiso, best 21–27 Jun55
  6. 6Valle HermosoDel Bio-Bio, best 16–22 Aug52
  7. 7Cerro CatedralRio Negro, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug51
  8. 8AntucoDel Bio-Bio, best 16–22 Aug50
  9. 9CaviahueNeuquen, best 9–15 Aug50
  10. 10Los PuquiosMendoza, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug49

Best early season

First six weeks of the season

  1. 1Las LeñasMendoza, best 16–22 Aug65
  2. 2El ColoradoMetropolitana, best 9–15 Aug61
  3. 3PortilloDe Valparaiso, best 21–27 Jun60
  4. 4Centro de Ski Chapa VerdeDel Libertador B Ohiggins, best 19–25 Jul58
  5. 5Los PuquiosMendoza, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug54

Best late season

Last six weeks of the season

  1. 1Centro de Ski Chapa VerdeDel Libertador B Ohiggins, best 19–25 Jul55
  2. 2El ColoradoMetropolitana, best 9–15 Aug53
  3. 3CorralcoDe La Araucania, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug51
  4. 4Las LeñasMendoza, best 16–22 Aug47
  5. 5Cerro CatedralRio Negro, best 26 Jul – 1 Aug46

Hidden gems

Smaller ski areas with a big score

  1. 1PortilloDe Valparaiso, best 21–27 Jun55
  2. 2AntucoDel Bio-Bio, best 16–22 Aug50

Numbers are the average SnowOdds score out of 100 per week over the period shown: the odds of 10 cm4 in or more of fresh snow at the summit count most, then base, sun, rain and wind.

All 22 resorts in the Andes