Hot Tent

Signature Deep Backcountry Tours

Go deep into an Andean Adventure

Combined with timber lodging for premium packages or perfectly appointed bookends for the primal winter and corn harvest. This program provides the vacation comfort frills you're craving alongside adventures of a lifetime. Winter camping has never been so cozy! Our signature Hot-Tent outings get you deep into the mountains where you'll revel in the opportunities and comforts we've created just for you! Wake up on the skin track with exciting peaks right out the front door. This is the ultimate ski-in skin-out experience!

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Primal Winter

Engineered for mid-winter powder purists. Do you have the drive to leave the modern grid behind, waking up directly on a cold skin track to claim the deep, untracked stashes of the Araucanía?

GREAT FOR:

Storm Hunters & Powder Purists

4 Guest : 1 guide

3 Guest Minimum

6 Guest Maximum

TERRAIN:

60% alpine, 40% trees

TRIP LENGTH:

4 Guided Days 5 Nights

Custom Dates July-August

Secure Your Winter Tipi! $2,228pp

Premium Package

Structured for high-alpine connoisseurs who refuse to compromise. Ready to pair rugged wilderness isolation with the 5-star comforts, in house chefs, and riverside hot tubs of Posada del Río?

GREAT FOR:

High-Alpine Connoisseurs

4 Guest : 1 guide

3 Guest Minimum

6 Guest Maximum

TERRAIN:

60% alpine, 40% trees

TRIP LENGTH:

6 Guided Days 8 Nights

Custom Dates July-October

Upgrade Your Expedition! $4,403pp

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Corn Harvest

Tailored for spring ridge-walkers tracking massive solar lines. Ready to harvest endless volcanic corn snow under long southern skies, with the sweet bonus of a late-season powder treat?

GREAT FOR:

Sun Seekers & Ridge Walkers

4 Guest : 1 guide

3 Guest Minimum

6 Guest Maximum

TERRAIN:

90% alpine, 10% trees

TRIP LENGTH:

4 Guided Days 5 Nights

Custom Dates September-October

Book Your Corn Harvest! $2,228pp

PROFICIENT

"I keep a steady momentum on the skin track and love open, rolling alpine terrain."

Technical Skills: You confidently link fluid turns at a faster pace on moderately steep, open faces. If you encounter tight tree lines or challenging wind crust, you navigate them successfully by focusing on technique and dialing back your speed just a bit.

Fitness & Pace: You maintain a solid, efficient pace on the ascent, keeping the group moving smoothly with short, deliberate breaks to fuel up along the way.

The Vibe: Capable and adventurous. You revel in the fluid rhythm of a full day in the mountains and want to maximize your powder turns with style.

STRONG

"I feel confident in variable snow and maintain a steady, resilient pace."

Technical Skills: You possess a reliable kick-turn on steep slopes and feel comfortable navigating a mix of wind crust, heavy spring corn, and powder. You can confidently manage open faces and mellow glades up to 30–35 degrees.

Fitness & Pace: You maintain a relaxed, consistent rhythm during 3 to 4 hours of active skinning. You enjoy full days in the backcountry and know how to regulate your breathing and pace to conserve energy for the descent.

The Vibe: Relaxed but determined. You approach mountain challenges with smart consideration and rejoice in long, sweeping powder turns.

EXPERT

"I charge from summit to valley and thrive on challenging high-alpine lines."

Technical Skills: Your technique is impeccable in all conditions—including steep, icy skin tracks, narrow couloirs, and exposed wind-blown ridges. You can seamlessly execute sharp kick-turns on 35+ degree slopes with a loaded pack and thrive on feature-filled, steep terrain.

Fitness & Pace: "All day long, all day strong!" You possess exceptional cardiovascular conditioning, easily managing 5,000+ vertical feet of climbing and multiple high-pace hot laps without missing a beat.

The Vibe: Hard-charging and uncompromising. You have extensive backcountry experience, move efficiently through transitions, and look for heavy alpine lines that make you feel truly alive.

All Ground Transportation including to/from Temuco Airport (ZCO)

8 Night Dining Tour

Mountain Gastronomy: Nightly multi-course backcountry meals, gourmet field breakfasts, and curated daily après featuring local micro-brews and premium Chilean wines.

6 Nights at Posada Del Rio Lodge in Malalcahuello

2 Nights Hot-tent camping, pillow, sleeping pads, lamb-skin, and high quality sleeping bags w sterilized liners

5 Days guided backcountry skiing / snowboarding, guest to guide = 4:1

1 Day Corralco Ski Resort with possible Volcanic Summit

1 Flex day touring waterfalls with Thermal Tub visit or Upgrade to Ski Tour / Splitboard

Breakfasts with locally sourced ingredients

Boxed lunches with locally sourced ingredients

Dinner with locally sourced ingredients and 2 Beverages with each meal

Vegetarian and Vegan options available

Welcome Package (Massage, Cumbres de Chile book, APEX hat, custom t-shirt, map, turron, local brew or wine)

Activities Insurance
Primal Winter and Corn Season

All Ground Transportation including to/from Temuco Airport (ZCO)

5 nights Gourmet Meals

Mountain Gastronomy: Nightly multi-course backcountry meals, gourmet field breakfasts, and curated daily après featuring local micro-brews and premium Chilean wines.

3 Nights Hot-tent camping, pillow, sleeping pads, lamb-skin, and high quality sleeping bags w sterilized liners

2 Nights Lodging in Malalcahuello at Hostal Cerrito to bookend the outing (1 night before, 1 night after)

4 Days guided backcountry skiing / snowboarding, guest to guide = 4:1

Breakfasts with locally sourced ingredients

Boxed lunches with locally sourced ingredients

Daily Après with wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic options such as fresh juice or kombucha

Dinner with locally sourced ingredients and 2 Beverages with each meal

Vegetarian and Vegan options available

Welcome Package (APEX hat, custom t-shirt, Cumbres de Chile book, map, chocolate, local brew or wine)

Activities Insurance
Upgrades:

Flex to Ski Day $225 USD/pp

Single occupancy + $130 USD/night

Lodging Corralco Resort and Spa / Private group Cabin + $300 USD/night

Traveling light or worried about airline baggage? We have access to a premium fleet of ski touring, splitboard, and avalanche safety gear available for rent. Let us know your sizing when booking.

Concierge Services

Not Included:

Travel Insurance is highly recommended if you're not already covered, check out Positive Altitude Travel Insurance

International and Domestic Flights

Extracurricular transportation

Gratuities for Guides and Local Staff
Day 1- Airport shuttle with lunch en route to Posada del Rio Lodge Malalcahuello, social evening and dinner with your guide.

Day 2- Corralco Ski Resort at Lonquimay Volcano slackcountry or summit to crater drops if conditions allow.

Day 3- Ski touring and Splitboarding in La Fusta for easy ups through Araucaria trees and open bowls.

Day 4- Alpine start. Departure for Hot Tent location to ski tour and freeride. Finish day with happy hour in the mountains upon your arrival at basecamp. Salad, grilled zucchini, and stacked pork loin with bacon, onions, and potatoes for dinner. Heated tipi tents with floors, double walls, and sleep kits ensure your comfort.

Day 5- Your group sets the pace and helps decide the days objective. Wake up early for sunrise laps to ski all day? Sleep in and catch the Golden Hour? Or both, running headlamp to headlamp? Filet mignon, romanesco, and mashed purple potatoes from Chiloé.

Day 6- Splitboard and ski touring to freeride lines and laps or... Set out on a traverse to leave the zone with a drop or two on the way to the extraction point.

Day 7- Flex Day allows you the choice of upgrading to ski tour / splitboard or take the day to enjoy some off snow waterfalls and thermal tubs in exquisite locations. Programmed rest / weather day.

Day 8- Splitboard and Ski Tour to Cerro Cautin with freeride drops into the Mapuche Valley of Pehuenche.

Day 9- Breakfast and souvenir stops on the way back to airport.
Standard Packages:

Day 1- Airport shuttle with lunch en route to El Cerrito Malalcahuello, social evening and dinner with your guide.

Day 2- Alpine start. Departure for Hot Tent location to ski tour and freeride. Finish day with happy hour in the mountains upon your arrival at basecamp. Salad, grilled zucchini, and stacked pork loin with bacon, onions, and potatoes for dinner. Heated tipi tents with floors, double walls, and sleep kits ensure your comfort.

Day 3- Your group sets the pace and helps decide the days objective. Wake up early for sunrise laps to ski all day? Sleep in and catch the Golden Hour? Or both, running headlamp to headlamp? Filet mignon, romanesco, with mashed purple potatoes from Chiloé.

Day 4- Objectives that you've been thinking about since your arrival. As a group the days mission lies in your hands to dictate where your guide takes you. Maybe it's a mellow session or a far off peak, you set the pace. Grilled breast, couscous salad, with broccoli.

Day 5- Splitboard and ski touring to freeride lines and laps or... Set out on a traverse to leave the zone with a drop or two on the way to the extraction point.

Day 6- Breakfast and souvenir stops on the way back to airport.
What do I need to bring?

Your backcountry skis or splitboard, safety equipment, normal day-pack with your required toiletries and clothing for the days in the mountains. Everything you need will be waiting for you at camp!

I have never done winter camping, is this for me?

This is the perfect introduction to winter camping due to the warmth created in our tipi and the comfort created by our guides who handle every detail from breakfast to after dinner desserts and everything in between.

What will we be eating?

Delicious meals prepared each day that will leave your taste buds satiated, your stomach full, and your body replenished up for big days in the mountains

How is the bathroom situation?

Private, Protected, and well away from the tipi so that when nature calls it will be just you and nature.

What it's about

Premium lodging at Posada Del Rio or El Cerrito provide the hot-tubs, relaxation, and first rate service to start and end your program. Waking up in the heart of the big mountains puts you on top of the peaks before others are out of bed. Our base-camp tipi is heated with a titanium wood stove bringing an unmatched comfort to winter camping in the Andes. Make laps till your legs fall off each day then take in the pristine star filled skies.

Who it's for

Experienced backcountry ski tour and splitboarding fanatics looking for an immersive experience will be excited about this deep Andean Adventure in the heart of the Araucania.