6 day Bansko snow forecast

Angela Watson from United Kingdom writes:

Unfortunately, we went to Bansko for the New Year; never again. Poor infrastructure, poor management , poor attitude of staff at the gondola, fights breaking out in the queues which averaged 3 hours. We were not told of any other way of getting up to the top apart from the gondola. This was our son's first skiing holiday and unfortunately, it was all so upsetting for him he doesn't want to go again which is upsetting for me as I have been skiing for over 20 years. Our rep (Crystal) very kindly told us to get up earlier and get to the gondola by 8am to avoid the queues. Unfortunately, you do not always want to get up at the crack of dawn to be able to beat the queues. When we did eventually manage to get to the top the pistes were very overcrowded and I have to say I have never seen so many accidents. I have skied in many countries and many resorts including others in Bulgaria and never experienced anything like this.

Good points - none that I can think of.

Bad points - expensive ski hire for those that need it, (my partner had to take his skis back twice as the bindings were knackered and his boots, twice, as they kept opening - also knackered.

Very expensive for ski pass - something is only good value when you get to use it. We averaged 3 half days.

The queues so bad people missed their ski lessons as they couldn't get onto the gondola.

The place is full of Russians, you can't miss them (they are the ones with the money - along with the lousy attitude, bad manners and the unwillingness to queue).

Huge resort, overcrowded, building going on on a massive scale which is unfortunate as they cannot cope with the amount of people they have.

This resort should have a warning in the brochures - 'Don't even think about going there until they sort themselves out.'