It is magnificently beautiful. The eyesight goes along the white peaks of Pirin mountain and the view is endless. Snow is now rare in the towns, while in the mountains it lingers from December to the end of April.
The ski season in the winter capital of the Balkans, Bansko, is long and full of events. For the student holiday, 8th December, the cable car opens its doors. In the middle of December every year there is a grand opening party of the new ski season. The list of ski legends who have attended the event is long, accepting the cause of being ambassadors of Bansko as a ski center in the world.
Katarino SPA Hotel organizes for its guests a regular and free shuttle service to Bansko Ski Centre.
Bansko Ski centre – facts
- Official opening: 2003 by the Italian Alberto Tomba, who became the godfather of the slope on which the World Cup races are held
- Lowest point: Bansko 1000 m.a.s.l.
- Highest point: Todorka Mount 2600 m.a.s.l.
- Length of ski slopes: 75 km
- 16 km is the length of the ski road that begins from 1600 m.a.s.l. and reaches the starting station of the cable car
- 18 Modern Ski facilities
At the epicentre of the world sport
Strong ambition, a celebrities lobby, hard work , professionalism, the right conditions and a love towards winter sports – all of this comes to fruition. Bansko hosted World Cup starts in:
- 2009 – Women’s Ski World Cup
- 2011 – Women’s Ski World Cup
- 2012 – Men’s Ski World Cup
- 2015 – Women’s Ski World Cup /27th February/
- 2017 – Men and Women’s Snowboard World Cup /3rd – 5th February/
- 2018 – Snowboard World Cup /26th -28th January/
- 2019 – 3 Men’s Ski World Cup starts /22nd -24th February/
- 2020 – 2 Women’s World Cup starts on 25th and 26th January
- 2021 – Men’s World Cup on 27th and 28th February and Junior (U20) World Ski Cup.
Little known skiing and sledding spots in the area:
- Kulinoto ski slope in Razlog
- Semkovo ski zone above Belitsa town
- Dobrinishte ski zone
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