Where is Corralco? Corralco ski centre is in the central-south of Chile, the Araucanía region, about 380km (236mi) south of Las Trancas ski centre near Chillan. The closest town to Corralco ski centre is Malalcahuello (meaning horse corral in Mapudungun indigenous language), 13km (8 mi) away. It is situated in…
Corralco is both a hotel and a ski centre in the National Reserve Malalcahuello at the base of Volcano Lonquimay in the central-south of Chile. Malalcahuello is the name of the closest town, some 13 km (8 mi) from Corralco and is located on the international route CH 181 that…
Corralco ski centre on Volcano Lonquimay in the central south of Chile has three hotel options which may seem like the obvious choice. When you buy your ski pass at Corralco it is easy to book your accommodation at the same time. It may, however, be worth your while to…
Accommodation options near Corralco Malalcahuello is a small rural town aproximately 140 km (87 mi) from Temuco airport in the Araucanía region and 13 km from the Corralco ski centre. Between Malalcahuello and the ski centre there are many accommodation options, most somewhat cheaper than Corralco. The type of accommodation…
Hotel Corralco is located in the Malalcahuello National Reserve at the base of Volcano Lonquimay. The Corralco ski centre is also located there. The hotel has 54 rooms which get booked out completely in winter, often by visiting ski teams from the northern hemisphere. The hotel offers many services such…
Winter in Malalcahuello, in the ninth region of Chile (called the Araucanía region), has much to offer tourists. Snow From July one is guaranteed to experience snow. Sometimes it starts snowing solidly from June, sometimes from the first or second week of July. When it snows Malalcahuello awakes from its…
At the time of writing this blog, Chile is leading the stakes with its vaccination programme. Here in Malalcahuello we hope that the speed of the vaccination continues so that they reach their target of community immunity by the end of June 2021. This will be just in time for…
Volcano Lonquimay is a strata volcano of 2,865 m.a.s.l (9,400 ft) located in Malalcahuello National Reserve in the Araucanía region in the south of Chile. The Reserve contains some of the best examples of Araucaria forest, although much of the park is dominated by the volcano and the rocky andesite…
In Malalcahuello, we are towards the end of the first major outbreak of COVID-19. As always, being human, people are finding ways to pick themselves up and carry on, despite the hard knocks. Being desperate to get out and enjoy the fresh air, powder snow and the wide outdoors, people…
The central-south of Chile has the best guarantee of finding real snow in good quantity for skiing. In the last couple of years, the ski fields close to the capital, Santiago, have suffered from a lack of snow, apparently global warming taking effect. This year (2020), there is doubt whether…