Ski Bulgaria
Bulgaria in south Eastern Europe is home to 10 ski areas and originally built a reputation as a budget destination for British schools and package tours. Borovets, established in 1930 and for many years the country’s top resort and with 40km of piste Eastern Europe’s largest, was best known.
However since 2000 its image has been largely transformed by the development of Bansko in to one of Eastern Europe’s leading resorts thanks to investment in modern lifts and accommodation that includes a five star Kempinski hotels – one of the first chain hotels in a European ski resort.
Other top resorts include capital Sofia’s local ski area of Vitosha and the purpose-built, communist-era development Pamporovo.
Unfortunately over the past decade the development of Bulgaria’s ski areas has been increasingly controversial and placed the resorts in the front line between developers, which in Bulgaria’s case are reported to be off-shore investment companies, and environmentalists.
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12:00 am 26 Feb 2013
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Bulgaria: latest snow conditions round-up
BULGARIA / ROMANIA REPORT It's been mostly sunny with just some light snow showers on high slopes in Bulgaria and Romania. Temperatures swing between -10C overnight at the top of the mountain to +10C in the resort in the afternoon, so the snow cover is upper mountain and conditions freeze-thaw. Most areas in the region still have 60-70% of their slopes open, although Vitosha (50/70cm / 20/28") is down to 25%.
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Best piste conditions (1)
Ski resorts of Bulgaria, alphabetically
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(5250 ft — 8531 ft) snow report 24 days ago |
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Light snow falling up high
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(4879 ft — 7304 ft) snow report 26 days ago |
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(4265 ft — 8399 ft) snow report yesterday |
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(3773 ft — 6135 ft) snow report 25 days ago |
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(4741 ft — 7379 ft) snow report 26 days ago |
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(4951 ft — 6450 ft) snow report 26 days ago |
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(5095 ft — 6011 ft) snow report 26 days ago |
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(4744 ft — 6319 ft) snow report yesterday |
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(5410 ft — 7510 ft) snow report 6 days ago |
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