Visiting Bansko
Helpful resort information to assist planning your trip to Bansko.
- Season opens17 Dec 2022
- Season closes17 Apr 2023
- Accommodation—
- Restaurants | Bars100 | 50
- Nearest Airport Sofia
- Nearest Train Station Bansko Blagoevgrad
- Tourist Office Website
- Tourist Office Phone+359 / 749 / 88911
Bansko Features
The terrain at Bansko includes::
- Halfpipes—
- Terrain Parks1
- X-Country5.0 km
- Ski Hire
What's it like at Bansko resort?
Bansko is 170km south of Sofia and about an hour's drive beyond Borovets. It is in the shadow of the 2,915m peak of Vihren mountain, in the spectacularly beautiful Pirin range. Bansko features 75km of mainly wide, tree-lined slopes in three nearby areas: Shiligarnika, Chalin Valog and Banderishka Poliana. Plentiful off-piste skiing.
Latest photos from Bansko. View all photos at the Bansko gallery page.
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
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Photo credit: John Sutton
Explore Bansko Location Map
Interactive Bansko trail map and piste map. View the piste and trails as well as the surrounding terrain and mountain contours for backcountry action. Find and compare nearby resorts by clicking on the resort markers.

Bansko Live Weather
Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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Top Lift: | 0.6 m | -10 | ||||
Middle Lift: | -7 | |||||
Bottom Lift: | 0.05 m | -5 | ||||

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Visitor Reviews of Bansko
Iulian from Romania writes:
If you are looking for decent groomed slopes, then don't come here. We were shocked when we arrived to the top (after we waited 45 minutes at the gondola bottom station), to see that all the slopes were full of bumps, moguls, etc..at 10:30 AM. The skiing experience offered in Bansko is a shame. Another issue is that the slopes are poorly marked.
The only positive thing is that they know to create a party atmosphere everywhere which attracts teenagers and young couples who stay on the slopes rather to drink, have fun and dance than to ski. We liked this positive vibe they created, but that's all. This was our first and last trip here!
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