La Parva — Local services in Lo Barnechea

First time skiing in the Andes and my family (3 kids) and I had an amazing time. La Parva is special and truly unique. No hotels, a couple of small casual restaurants (which were actually quite good), but the basic routine involved skiing (we had the best luck in the morning through lunch before the clouds rolled in) and then eating back at the condo. We skied during the week and had no lift lines, ever. Fresh snow and unskied groomed runs could be found all day. Landscape was wide-open territory with no trees. We experienced no wind. To me, this was the best skiing I had experienced anywhere. There was no scene, no crowds, no trees, no bars, just us and the snow and beautiful, silent landscape.

The ride up was interesting - be aware of when the road closes to traffic in...

La Parva is a decent size ski resort with lots of possibilities for intermediate to advanced skiers and snowboarders with a nice infrastructure of places to eat and drink at key locations along the slopes. However, it only has a few quad chairs, and a lot more single person plate lifts, which makes it kind of annoying for the experienced riders.

Consider going the extra 20 minutes to reach Valle Nevado with more chair lifts and gondola for about the same price, unless Valle Nevado is crowded. Then you may want to consider La Parva for a...

After spending 4 days in the area I must say I am a bit disappointed. Crazy high lift card prices (70€ for a day - prices way beyond the austrian alps) for old shakey outdated lifts. The views are nice tho and the slopes are well prepared. The prices throw a big shadow on this experience tho. I am an enthusiastic freerider so I used the lifts only for one day. From a freeriders perspective, La Parva has great opportunities for crazy lines once you go to the very top of the resort and beyond the "false la...