The snow is tumbling out of the ski and has been doing so for 24 hours. 20cm has fallen. This means that Chalin Valog can now open up and some Nice powder routes through the trees are available for advanced riders and skiers.   Snow forecast for the next week More snow Sunday 6th and [...]

Bansko on Christmas Day 2018. It was a fine sunny and quite uplifting day. You can see from my vlog how good it was. A fun day on the slopes. A family all dressed up in festive Santa and his elves gear joins me for an impromptu interview. They talk about how they come to [...]

Bansko snow report from piste number 10. Starting at the top of Shiligarnika lift this run is a favourite as it snakes down through the tree line and down to Shilligarnika area. We then continued to the bottom of the Mosta lift. More lifts opened and with the promise of more soon. A slight increase in temperatures [...]

Snow is tumbling out of the sky in Bansko town. Lots of excitement as there is the expectation of a new lift opening very soon. Lots going in Bansko last night I checked out Ginger. It’s a place which opened last season in prime position. But it has a rocket first few months but by [...]

With yet another Bansko fresh snow falling on Monday, it was wonderful to wake up and see blue skies. It was -2C in Bansko town and -6C higher up; it was perfect for snow making machines to be blasting away. Take a look at my video snow report below: You’ll see I test for the first [...]

Yesterday I took my time. A little nervous but excited at the prospect of the first day of the 2018|19 ski season. I strolled to our ski hire and lesson partners, Skimania, met some friends and less than 50 metres to the gondola lift. No-one, except the lift operators, were around. 35 leva for a [...]