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Bulgaria

Skiing in the Pirin and Rila mountains of south-west Bulgaria.

Bulgaria snow forecast

No snow is expected at any of the 2 places in Bulgaria in the next 7 days.

Snow in Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s ski resorts are in the mountains of the south-west. Bansko, the largest, sits at the foot of the Pirin range with its lifts rising from the town at about 925 m to 2,600 m. Borovets in the Rila mountains and Pamporovo in the Rhodopes are the other two established resorts.

In our record Bansko averages about 10 snowy days at mid-mountain in January and March and 8 in December. The Pirin is high and cold for its latitude, but the lower slopes rely on snowmaking to keep the runs to town open.

When it snows

The season runs from early December to mid-April. The snowiest weeks are usually January to early March.

Getting there

Sofia airport is about two hours from Bansko by road. Plovdiv is an alternative for Pamporovo.

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