One thing you need when you come to Bansko is a piste map. Click here to open, and download if you wish, your high resolution map in a new tab (it’s free). Bansko Blog works with Euphoria Bar and Grill, the home of our live cam, and you can pick up a printed map there, […]

The snow tumbles down from the sky as I type this. My legs are pleasantly tired. A nice reminder of some nice sessions out on the hill. See my GoPro video report below of how things are looking now.   Lift and fun park opening news Monday saw the plato open and some fresh tracks. […]

Pollina is the artist behind Bansko Town & Piste Map, by hand. We are working on the final improvements to the map before printing on paper, posting here for free download and free in resort. So I took time to learn more about Pollina, known as Jo Iyaa (https://joiyaa.blogspot.com/). Read on for her, at time […]

UPDATE: We’re working on this season’s map. Pick up a free copy in Euphoria, and all good bars in Bansko. And what timing! To celebrate the glistening Bansko snow this week, the Bansko map is ready. UPDATE: 2015 map under construction On one side is the town map and the other the piste map. Please […]

The new Bansko piste map* is ready. Fresh from the artist’s fine hands. The piste map solution I have not been happy with most of the Bansko piste maps I have seen. Some glaring inaccuracies and omissions have not been fixed over the years. So I commissioned a new one. Drawn, by hand from a good […]