El Colorado

Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

2,430–3,333 m · 903 m vertical · Official site

Current base depth

Modelled natural snowpack

Mid-mountain

64 cm

80% of normal

Summit3,333 m102 cm67% of normal
Mid2,882 m64 cm80% of normal
Base2,430 m0 cmNo snow base

Snowfall forecast

Summit

3,333 m

24 h: 5 cm
7 days: 84 cm
14 days: 115 cm

Models range, 7 days: 73–90 cm

Mid

2,882 m

24 h: 4 cm
7 days: 65 cm
14 days: 84 cm

Models range, 7 days: 58–72 cm

Base

2,430 m

24 h: 2 cm
7 days: 33 cm
14 days: 35 cm

Models range, 7 days: 27–46 cm

Updated 30 Sept, 03:27 GMT-3. Consensus of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS/HRRR, DWD ICON, Canada GEM.

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About 84 cm is forecast at the summit this week. Lodging near the lifts books up fast before a storm.

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This season vs a typical season

Modelled natural snowpack

MarMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

This season, mid-mountain Typical season

Summit: 353 cm
Mid: 288 cm
Base: 194 cm

Season snowfall to date

How this is estimated

Snow depth is modelled by replaying this season's weather hour by hour — snowfall, melt, sunshine and settling — then checked against government snow stations. The typical line is the same model averaged over recent seasons, so the comparison is like-for-like. Resorts report depth on packed, groomed pistes, so their figure is usually lower, especially on high, wind-exposed summits.

Day by day

Freezing level and temperatures are for the summit.

Day	Summit	Mid	Base	Freezing lvl Temp
Today30 Sept	5 cm	4 cm	2 cm	2,680 m-6° / -3°C
Thu1 Oct	<1 cm	—	—	3,350 m-3° / 4°C
Fri2 Oct	21 cm	11 cm	3 cm	2,920 m-6° / 0°C
Sat3 Oct	2 cm	2 cm	<1 cm	2,360 m-9° / -3°C
Sun4 Oct	4 cm	4 cm	2 cm	2,380 m-7° / -5°C
Mon5 Oct	21 cm	18 cm	10 cm	2,410 m-8° / -4°C
Tue6 Oct	28 cm	24 cm	14 cm	2,530 m-6° / -4°C
Wed7 Oct	3 cm	3 cm	<1 cm	2,610 m-6° / -2°C
Thu8 Oct	2 cm	2 cm	—	2,550 m-7° / -3°C
Fri9 Oct	5 cm	2 cm	—	2,740 m-7° / -1°C
Sat10 Oct	2 cm	2 cm	<1 cm	2,970 m-4° / 1°C
Sun11 Oct	5 cm	2 cm	—	3,000 m-4° / 0°C
Mon12 Oct	9 cm	6 cm	<1 cm	2,780 m-4° / -1°C
Tue13 Oct	3 cm	3 cm	—	2,580 m-6° / -2°C

Days 8–14 are an extended outlook: good for spotting a storm cycle, not for exact totals.

Nearby resorts

Summit snowfall, next 7 days

How this forecast works

Snow Maps blends four global weather models and works out the rain/snow line hour by hour, then calculates snowfall separately at the base (2430 m), mid-mountain (2882 m) and summit (3333 m) of El Colorado. Colder, higher terrain gets a lighter, deeper snow ratio. The range shows how far the individual models disagree: a wide range means low confidence.