Visiting Bansko
Helpful resort information to assist planning your trip to Bansko.
- Season opens17 Dec 2020
- Season closes11 Apr 2021
- Accommodation
- Restaurants | Bars100 | 50
- Nearest Airport Sofia
- Nearest Train Station Bansko Blagoevgrad
- Tourist Office Website
- Tourist Office Phone—
Bansko Features
The terrain at Bansko includes::
- Halfpipes—
- Terrain Parks—
- 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
Photo credit: ahmede42
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: | 1.5 m | 3 | ||||
Middle Lift: | 5 | |||||
Bottom Lift: | 0.2 m | 6 | ||||

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Visitor Reviews of Bansko
Argiris Karamitros from Greece writes:
The snow center is good except the gondola that's the only one and can't absorb the skiers on the celebration days and weekends and all of February
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