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This wonderful sport was first practiced in Chile in the 30´s, at the Farellones village, when the first wooden skies were brought from Switzerland.
Those were years of great effort for those pioneering this activity and consequently, one of these men, Antonio Padrós, succeeded in opening one of Farellones first hotels: Posada de Farellones Hotel, which some years later received the royal visit of the Duchess of Kent, for whom a great mountain luncheon was offered.
Eventually, this village became a common place of destination for skiers as the first ski lift was built on Farellones slopes, a place that later would be the renowned El Colorado - Farellones Ski Resort. They continued in La Parva and to complete the Valle Nevado resort conducted by the French in 1987.
