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The North American Ski Training Center (NASTC) based here in Truckee, CA runs a weeklong adult ski training camp in Portillo,Chile.  NASTC brings the top ranked instructors from the U.S to coach the weeklong ski program.  The camp focuses on freeskiing skills and breaks down your technique to help you build a stronger skillset and overcome the proverbial plateau.  The camp’s theme is to improve one’s comfort on all types of conditions and terrain.  Groups are small and intimate which means lots of 1:1 coaching time with your trainer.  Portillo offers an endless supply of terrain including the ideal ski in/out setting.  Not to mention Portillo has a lot of inspiring history to draw from and its guests include businessmen from Brazil, music producers from New York, snow enthusiasts from Europe and North America and of course the U.S and Austrian ski teams.  For many reasons Portillo is the ideal training ground, its isolation way up in the Andes offers breathtaking views and almost bottomless powder, due to its expansive off-piste terrain, it’s hard not to get some fresh tracks after a storm. 

This is most certainly not the ski camp your kids go to.  Meals involve gourmet creations from the hotel’s heavily lauded restaurant.  When you walk through the door at the end of the day you hand your skis and boots to a valet that stores them overnight for you.  There is a bar with live music every night as well as a nightclub if you have ambitions to dance till the sun rises.  A heated outdoor pool and hot tub where you can take in the spectacular sunset over the Inca Lake. 

At the end of the week, not only will your skiing skills be stronger than ever but you will feel relaxed, rejuvenated and inspired, it’s all part of the magic of Portillo.