Road to Portillo, Chile!



After leaving the temperate Aconcagua Valley we headed northwest towards Argentina on route 60 also known as Los Libertadores. This route was apparently an escape route for the Chilean army in the fight for independence from Spain in the early 1800's. Apparently they fled the Spanish army in the mountains, were able to reorganize across the Argentine Border with the help of the Argentinians, and return to claim victory in a battle that also took place along this route. But I digress. As you climb ever higher the road gets ever steeper and the mountains ever bigger and snowier until only 3 miles or so from the Argentinian border you see ski lifts actually spanning the Trans Andean Highway. You then pass a Chilean Army Base and the next thing you know you are in Portillo. The entire resort is above treeline and stands alone in isolation across some pretty severe and beautiful terrain!
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