Poster: A snowHead
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HI,
Finally decided to take the plunge and take my husband and son skiing for my husbands b/day. I have been to Bulgaria and remember it was fab for beginners. Looking at the conditions though, pamporovo has very little snow. It is the back end of Feb that I am going - ALL YOU DEDICATED SNOW HEADS, is the snow situation likely to get better by then or am I just going to be wasting my money. Son is 9 and has never been skiing before so I'd like it to be a special trip - WITH snow!!
ANY ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There's four weeks between now and the end of february. Plenty of time for snow to come, I've seen resorts transfoemd overnight. Unfortunately, that was on departure day after we'd spent the week in a green resort!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Pamporovo is not flavour of the month at the mo, for various reasons, snow, and the prices the local "entrepreneurs" are charging in the town (at least as dear as Austria, some have posted) for drinks/food.
Borovets is better (I'm told), Bansko head and shoulders above both, but a gondola ride away from the slopes. Some good deals (HB, ski pack etc), still get a pint for under £1.50. Not everybody's cup of tea, but ideal for beginners/improvers.
Bansko hotels, Lion, Perun, Strazhite etc, anywhere near up by the Gondola. Should be able to get a HB deal with skis/pass/tuition for around £400. Maybe less. Watch your equip, if it's hired, though, especially around the Happy End bar..........................................
John.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Between 90% and 100% of all lifts in the 3 major Bulgarian resorts are currently open.
Bansko and Borovets have above-average snowdepths.
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IS IT WORTH BOOKING PAMPOROVO FOR MID/END FEB?
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SAMSTER, Always worth booking a holiday!
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SAMSTER, According to rumours on other forums the piste maintenance at Pamporovo wasn't done during the summer so some runs are closed because of dangerously exposed roots and other vegetation. Bulgarian skiing seems to polarise opinion far more than other places so it's difficult to sort out the objective reviews from personal opinion.
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SAMSTER, i was in bansko just over a week ago
snow conditions were pretty good,only downside is the gondola queue in the morning unless you get there at 8.15
speaking to a guide over there and he went to borovets for a day and he liked it
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