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: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Oxo
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
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: | 0.7 m | -4 | ||||
Middle Lift: | -1 | |||||
Bottom Lift: | 0.05 m | 2 | ||||

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Visitor Reviews of Bansko
Branka Nikolic from United Kingdom writes:
1. My 7 days ski pass was blocked on a third day as I gave it to my husband to take our 1.5 year old baby to gondola while I had to work for one hour. We honestly did not know he cannot use mine. He offered to buy new one for himself, but he was treated like a criminal with baby in hands, and they just blocked 7 days ski pass. I went there to explain what happened and asked to speak with supervisor, but security was very rude and just fiscally attacked me and pushed me away no matter I was holding a baby. Police was standing next to us and was laughing at us. Super rude security! Thiefs, they have stolen from me 5 days worth ski pass, and just said to buy a new one.
Ski Bansko is not EU standard or culture!
Terrible service, so disrespectful!
2. I was feeling insecure and unprotected in Bansko as a human being, felt like they can do anything to me and my family, with no-one responsible for anything. Experience gives impression of country with no law and human protection, plus I was mistreated as a woman, when I spoke with security they treated me as I do not count, not wanting to hear me or look at me just pushing me around and being rude!
3. Gondola waiting line is 2-3 hours.
4. Ski slopes are not marked and maintained well.
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