The weather Bansko is unseasonably warm. See my video snow forecast below. Temperatures will drop on Sunday and thereafter I suspect winter will return. but it’s too early to be certain. Weather is weather and there’s nothing we can do about it. I’ve never known it like this in mid February. Nonetheless, skiing continues and […]

So the huge snow falls here in Bansko come with a seriously high avalanche risk. Yesterday my fears were again realised when Vasil Cholakov went off piste to the right of Todorka peak (looking down the hill) and got wiped out by an avalanche. Then today and English snowboarder went off piste and was eventually […]

The Ladies Audi FIS World Cup competition has come to Bansko. Lindsey Vonn, Tina Maze, Lara Gut, Anna Fenninger and the other ladies battle it out on the Super Giant Slalom and Alpine combined; see the program below. The competitors course is all prepared and looks good. But fresh snow is not necessarily something that competitors […]

After a tremendous few days on the mountain with most runs open, the expected large Bansko snow fall today did not happen. There was snow, maybe 5 cm  just 100km to the North in Sofia — but Bansko received very little. Times like this remind me how difficult it is to forecast weather. And how […]

The Bansko ski season ends on the 6th April. The live cams show the story in town. There’s no one around. No snow in town. Restaurants closing up for the end of the season. Bansko weather is warm. So that’s it. Another season over. Time for me to blog about mountain biking, paragliding and summer […]

With another 20cm of fresh powder for Bansko and another 30cm+ falling as I type, then Bansko is on form. With skies clearing by Wednesday and the combination of sun and snow means we are set for some very special days on the hill.   Snow report Paul and Nick Little are the stars of […]