Fresh Snow: Will The Ski Season Start Early?
Picture taken 19th November 2018: Bansko Gondola lift
Fresh snow fell Sunday and Monday and you may be thinking that the lift will be running soon. Here at banskoblog.com / Bansko App we only deal in facts and not speculation. We do speculate — but we always make it clear when we are doing so.
Temperatures have increased and that means precipitation will fall as rain. At the moment it is much too early to predict if there will be any skiing before e15th December.
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My overall best prediction is that we’ll see snow fall on the Plato, but the current snow cover lower down will be severely impacted.
Weather outlook
Picture taken: 19th November 2018 -- view between gondola lift and Kempinski
A series of weather fronts will cross Bulgaria depositing rain and snow higher up. But temperature for the nest week will not fall so low. This will hamper the ability to make snow. But fear not, there will be good news on temperature at the end of next week.
Predicting weather more than 5 to 6 days out in really hard. Complex weather systems only have to change a tiny amount for the outcome to be different that expected. For example a convergence of cold air from the north reaching the warmer air just to the south of Bansko can create a perfect storm of snow. When this is going to happen we’ll send you an email — assuming we get enough notice.
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Official Opening and First Lift Opening
The official opening will be on 15th December 2018. There will be a lot of people. It’s always exciting and I’ll be there to ski and t record the moment.
Now is a great time to plan and book your transfers, ski hire snowboard hire, group and private lessons. You can do it by clicking that text. It helps us keep doing what we do.
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