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Summer 2024: Gondola Lift Opening Times

Jun 06, 2024 No Comments by

The Bansko Summer 2024 gondola lift times and prices are all here.  Bansko summer has arrived with a bang. The scene is set for hiking the Bansko Nomad Fest and much more. I love Bansko in the summer and I’m pleased to say our private transfers are available all year round. No price increases book […]

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Ski season over: looking back and a glimpse of what’s ahead

May 04, 2023 No Comments by

With several weeks since the ski season ended I’m looking back on the past and also on some of the Bansko delights that lay ahead. There’s no doubt the ski season of 2022/23 was the the most challenged in Bansko’s modern history. When the ski season opened there was just one piste that was open. […]

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Snow falling on the slopes provides hope for Bansko’s ski season

Jan 10, 2023 No Comments by

The snow deprived start to the Bansko ski season sees snow falling heavily. There’s 20cm on the slopes above the top of the gondola lift around Bunderishka Poliana and 30cm at the top. With more snow set to fall and piste bashed out we can expect more slopes to open very soon. Today has been […]

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Bansko lift pass price: 60 lv / day whilst many lifts are closed

Dec 21, 2022 No Comments by

Bansko lift pass prices have been reduce to 60lv / day for an adult pass and 30 lv for a child. This reduction from 90 lv / day is due to the poor snow cover which has necessitated a much reduced lift and piste opening. As of today, 21st December 2022 only the gondola lift […]

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Private airport transfers to Bansko: 5 things you need to know

Nov 16, 2022 2 Comments by

I started offering Sofia to Bansko transfers in the 2008/09 ski season. And I would say, as humbly as possible, that the last thirteen years of experience of arranging transfers for thousands of clients has gone into this list. Here’s everything you need to know about transfers to and from Bansko from Sofia/Plovdiv/Thessaloniki. 1.  No waiting around […]

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Bansko snow forecast for April

Mar 24, 2022 No Comments by

Bansko snow conditions have been the best I have ever known here. The most consistent snow fall since the resort’s first season in 2003/4. Before I look at the prospects for April there is still 1.8 metres on higher runs and around one metres at Bandersishka Poliana — top of the gondola lift. This sort […]

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February Snow Forecast: Booking Tips

Feb 11, 2022 No Comments

With the most incredible snow filled days we enter the holiday season her win Bansko. Slope conditions have been between 9/10 and 10/10 these days. There is 1.5m of snow higher up. Forecast week commencing 14th February 2022 It’s looking like more of the same but now with higher daytime temperature in town of around […]

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