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.

Parts of Bansko was built illegally on national park land recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Many years of environmental campaigning right up to European Union level finally proved this but the Bulgarian government opted to change laws to retrospectively allow development rather than enforce dismantling lifts.
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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%.

Bansko (5/125cm / 2/50") has the deepest base up high and most terrain open in the region, but its long home run is getting very thin now at the base.

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Bulgaria. Fresh snow is forecast at 3 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

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All resorts

Ski resorts of Bulgaria, alphabetically

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(1600m — 2600m)

snow report today

Bansko webcam
opens in 207 days 3.0 cm
4 days ago
2.0
light snow rain showers part cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 2100 m
2200m 1850m 2400m 2650m 2300m

(1487m — 2226m)

1.0 cm
31 days ago
1.0
light rain rain showers part cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 1856 m
2150m 1850m 2350m 2700m 2300m

(1300m — 2560m)

snow report 2 days ago

Borovets webcam
opens in 221 days 2.0 cm
3 days ago
2.0
1.0
light snow rain showers rain showers light rain light rain
Mid station 1930 m
2050m 1750m 2350m 2600m 2150m

(1150m — 1870m)

snow report 30 days ago

8 cm
31 days ago
light rain rain showers part cloud light rain light rain
Mid station 1510 m
2050m 1800m 2350m 2650m 2250m

(1445m — 2249m)

snow report today

3.0 cm
31 days ago
1.0
rain showers rain showers part cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 1847 m
2150m 1850m 2450m 2600m 2250m

(1509m — 1966m)

4 cm
31 days ago
1.0
rain showers rain showers part cloud light rain part cloud
Mid station 1738 m
2100m 1800m 2400m 2600m 2200m

(1553m — 1832m)

1.0 cm
31 days ago
1.0
rain showers cloud part cloud mod rain cloud
Mid station 1692 m
2150m 1900m 2550m 2650m 1900m

(1446m — 1926m)

snow report 2 days ago

opens in 207 days 7 cm
31 days ago
2.0
light snow light rain part cloud light rain light rain
Mid station 1686 m
2000m 1850m 2350m 2650m 2350m

(1649m — 2289m)

snow report 3 days ago

opens in 221 days 1.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
5.0
part cloud part cloud clear mod rain cloud
Mid station 1969 m
2000m 1850m 2500m 2600m 1850m