Pamporovo Ski Resort Guide
Photo credit: AleX
Photo credit: AleX
Photo credit: Miroslav Atanasov
Photo credit: Petyo Atanasov
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Latest Snow Report
Issued: 30 Apr
- Last Snowfall:
- Snow Depth (upper):
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- Snow Depth (lower):
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- Piste: –
- Off-piste: –
Today’s Weather (1686 m)
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15 °C |
F-Level 3600 m |
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5 |
16 °C |
F-Level 3550 m |
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5 |
15 °C |
F-Level 3750 m |
Acres of ski: - | Pistes: 20 | Snowmaking: 90%
Halfpipes: 1 | Terrain parks: - | X-Country: 25 km
Resort Opens: 15 Dec 2012 | Resort Closes: 14 Apr 2013
Lifts: 19 (1 gondola, 5 chair lifts, 13 surface lifts)
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- Nearest Airport: Plovdiv
- Nearest Train Station: -
- Tourist office phone: +3593021438
- Tourise office website: www.pamporovo.net
- Slopeside Accommodation: no
Pamporovo enjoys 120 sunny days in winter. The ski zone is marvelous offering ski slopes with overall length of 37km suitable for all ages and abilities, but being mostly famous as an excellent choice for beginners and intermediates. The resort boasts a new snowmaking system composed of 80 snow cannons covering 90% of the ski runs as well as a new 3740m long ski run serviced by unique 6-chair open lift. Queuing is rare due to a new up-to-date system of rope-ways, a product of the famous Austrian company "Axess" with capacity of 11,600 persons per hour. For the snowboarders there is a new 100m long half-pipe run, which together with the LED-lighted night run complement the ski magic.
Resorts close to Pamporovo include:
Chepelare (20 km),
Falakro Oros (69 km),
Lailias (101 km),
Bansko (108 km),
Borovets (116 km),
Pamporovo Location Maps
All Pamporovo Resort Stats
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Piste info
- Trails (Pistes): 20
- Beginner: 60%
- Intermediate: 30%
- Advanced: 10%
- Cross-country: 25 km
- Snowmaking: 90%
- Acres of ski: -
- Terrain Parks: -
- Halfpipes: 1
Social
- Restaurants: 10
- Bars: -
- Slopeside accommodation: N
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Mountain info
- Summit: 1926 m
- Vertical Drop: 480 m
- Base: 007
Lifts
- Draglifts: 13
- Chairlifts: 5
- Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1
- Toplift: m
Travel
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- Season opens: 15 Dec 2012
- Season closes: 14 Apr 2013
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Ski Season Highlights:
21-21.01.2012 National Snowboard Championship, FIS, Parallel Giant Slalom and Parallel Slalom (All ages)
29-30.01.2012 "Pamporovo Cup", FIS, Alpine Disciplines, Giant Slalom and Slalom (Men, Women, Adolescents)
31.01.2012 "Masters Cup", FIS, Alpine Disciplines, Giant Slalom (Veterans)
12-13.02.2012 "European Cup", FIS, Alpine Disciplines, Slalom (Men)
Information supplied 23 Feb 2012
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Visitor Reviews of Pamporovo
Janette from United Kingdom writes:
We've been skiing (and walking!) in Pamporovo for nearly ten years and still think it's a great resort. The skiing is good, the pistes are regularly groomed and when we've used the ski school or individual instructors they've always been brilliant. Ski hire and lift passes are ridiculously cheap compared to other European resorts and nothing is too much trouble. We've always found the restaurants (apart from the self service one) to be really good value, especially if you go for local dishes and drinks and in my experience, trying out bit of basic Bulgarian when you're ordering gets you a lovely smile and sometimes even a discount! The spit roast chicken in The Lodge is well worth getting there early for. :-)
It upsets me when I read of people finding the locals rude and ignorant, when I've stood in lift queues and sat in restaurants listening to English speakers being incredibly rude about Bulgarians, without even bothering to learn a basic please and thank you. I wonder what those people would think of anyone swanning into their local and demanding something in loud Bulgarian then getting annoyed because their accent isn't understood?
Bulgaria isn't like a lot of homogenised Western Europe; it's itself and all the nicer for it. Come here if you want great skiing, great value and somewhere that's foreign and friendly at the same time!
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