Bansko – the winter sports activities resort that’s turning into a world benchmark

We all know Megève, Kitzbühel and Aspen. Now we should additionally be capable of find Bansko on a map. The Bulgarian resort could be very rapidly gaining notoriety on this planet of winter sports activities. And it’s not by probability that the FIS (Worldwide Ski Federation) has determined to reiterate its confidence in Bansko by entrusting it with the organisation of a spherical of the Snowboard World Cup for the second 12 months in a row.

Already, on a number of events up to now few years, this resort, situated in southwestern Bulgaria, has had the honour of internet hosting the Alpine Ski World Cup. Athletes’ reactions had been unanimous! Amongst them, essentially the most iconic couldn’t reward Bansko sufficient.

“It was nice and I used to be stunned by the scale of the group,” enthused Lindsey Vonn. “The piste was very technical, one of many season’s most troublesome,” continued the American star. Marcel Hirscher was simply as enthusiastic, praising “the fashionable lifts to entry the pistes and the superbly set-up routes.”

The Austrian multiple-time world champion was additionally delighted that competitions had been opened to resorts aside from those who historically host FIS occasions: “As soon as once more this exhibits that the eagerness for snowboarding is way more widespread than we thought.”

Satisfied by the standard of the realm and infrastructure, the good worldwide winter sports activities competitions will as soon as once more happen within the Pirin mountains, the second highest within the nation, in 2025. The world’s greatest snowboarders will really feel proper at house as a result of they had been additionally there final season. And they’ll as soon as once more be capable of battle it out through the two parallel large slaloms on January 18 and 19, for the eighth spherical of the World Cup.

For them, this can be a possibility to rediscover the beautiful setting that surrounds Bansko. This contains the quite a few lakes, such because the majestic Popovo Ezéro, which is image good and surrounds the spectacular Mount Todorka. The ski space covers roughly 70km and includes 17 pistes and 14 lifts. It’s ignored by the Pirin mountains, whose summit reaches 2,914 metres. With a mean snowfall of 22cm in January, this ski resort is a perfect playground for the snowboarders.

Bansko shouldn’t be solely famend for the standard of its ski space – outside sports activities followers can even make use of the numerous mountain climbing trails, mountain bike trails and paragliding spots. And, in fact, you may as well chill out in luxurious inns or take advantage of the area’s typical taverns, that are identified and recognised for his or her native and genuine delicacies. Because the quite a few awards collected through the years on the World Ski Awards in Kitzbühel exhibit, all this contributes to creating Bansko the pearl of the Balkans!