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Typical snowfall
649cm
A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →
Elevation
1,529–2,392 m
Across
5.8 km
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified.
Corralco, in Chile, runs from 1,529 m at the base to 2,392 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 5.8 km across, with 30 marked runs and 8 lifts (about 24 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 649 cm of snowfall a season, 26th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 2nd in Chile. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2026 (904 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2016 (261 cm). Snowfall days average −2.8°C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 5th of 11 in Chile.
The nearest city of any size is Temuco, about 96 km away in a straight line.
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
649cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
261cm
The middle winter of the 12: 672 cm. The best: 904 cm.
World rank
26
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
2
of 11 in Chile
Elevation rank
7
Highest to lowest, of 11 in Chile. The centre point sits at 1,758 m, 490 m below the national median.
Quality rank
5
of 11 in Chile
Temp when snowing
−2.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
30%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
28%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness34
Frequency81
Freedom from rain35
Calm when snowing (model grid)95
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
30
Run length
24km
Lifts
8
Vertical
863m
Top 2,392 m · base 1,529 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedOtherLift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map1.8 km
Steepest pitch25°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.2°
Which way the slopes face
North1%
East53%
South45%
West0%
54% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
The most snow falls in June. September brings 65% of July’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Chile (77%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: September brings 108 cm, more than the median of 54 cm.
185cmJun
165cmJul
164cmAug
108cmSep
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 649 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016 with 261 cm; the biggest was 2026 with 904 cm (3.5 times as much). For 55% of the 11 ski areas in Chile the leanest winter was 2019; here it was a different one.
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261
783
588
749
780
458
831
607
736
516
904
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Snowfall each winter (June–September total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
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Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
Map
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
Nevados de Chillán gets 752 cm a season, 3rd of the 3,069 ski areas we measure and the most in South America by a distance. Its snow falls at an average of +0.3 °C, which is the catch, and its winters run from 188 cm to 1,121 cm.