The glacier on Chacaltaya serve as Bolivia's only ski resort. It is the world's highest lift-served ski area.

The ski area on the Chacaltaya glacier is the northernmost ski area in South America as well as the world's most equatorial. The road to the base of the 200 meter drop is reached by a narrow road, built in the 1930s. Because it is to cold to ski in the winter, the lift operates exclusively on weekends from November to March, making Chacaltaya the only ski resort in South America to have ski season corresponding to that of North America. As of 2009, skiing has been restricted to a 180 m stretch that sometimes receives sufficient snowfall for a run.