 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvirongwa zvekuvaka nzvimbo yekushambira zvakagadzirwa muma1930. Kuvaka kwakatanga muna 1942 uye nzvimbo yechando yakavhurwa muna 1949. Nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzinosimudza vanhu mumakomo dziri kumadokero kwemupata dzakaparadzwa nemakoronga emvura muna 1965 uye dzakavakwazve kuti Portillo igamuchire makwikwi eAlpine World Ski Championships muna August 1966. Mumakwikwi iwayo Jean-Claude Killy ndiye akazozivikanwa, uye akahwina menduru dzegoridhe mumakwikwi okutsika nokudonha uye mumakwikwi anoverengeka. Kubvira ipapo Portillo yava imwe yenzvimbo huru dzinoshandiswa nevanomhanya mumakwikwi eski kuti vadzidzire munguva yezhizha yokuchamhembe kwenyika uye inogamuchira zvikwata zvenyika zveAustria, Italy, uye United States. 