Hi folks, I had a summer holiday in Bansko a couple of months ago and I've decided I'd love to do a ski trip there. The town's nice, the mountains look good and everything is cheeeeeeeeap! But, I have no idea if there's any decent off piste there, or any opportunites for touring. Any experts on here that can shed some light on the situation? I suppose the crux of the matter is, I don't want to spend a week skiing on piste, I might die of boredom. I need to be able to shred the gnar!
Cheers,
Huw
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Met four guys from Bulgaria when I was skiing Popova Shapka, Macedonia.
Over many beers they told me that Bansko has great touring and off-piste terrain but for them (Bulgarians) it's expensive and gets tracked out quicker than other areas.
They spend a lot of time skiing the trees in an old resort closer to Sofia.
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Hi ,
We offer this service and use a great local guide,we take you up to the kid station and can even sort an over night trek , over the top of Todorka and down the other side etc too .
There is well over 150 km of tree's and many other hidden gems , many don't get to see .
If ypour interested drop us an e mail on the enquiry page on our website
Kind regards
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And if you're looking for steep, deep & cheap I can't recommend Georgia highly enough.
Can you give us some pointers on logistics Mike Pow? Where? Guided/unguided etc?
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Chepelare (reputedly) has some of the best off piste skiing. Never skied there though myself.
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And if you're looking for steep, deep & cheap I can't recommend Georgia highly enough.
Can you give us some pointers on logistics Mike Pow? Where? Guided/unguided etc?
Georgia looks amazing! Only downside I can see is that the flights aren't especially cheap, so that probably swings me back towards Bansko again so it's good to hear that there are indeed some off piste/touring opportunites.
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Cheers Mike, I'm looking it up now. Did you get any shredding done on the beacons last year?
Five days.
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Damn, that looks good! Always wanted to do the north face of Pen Y Fan, I'll tick it off some day. I only got one day up there last year and it must have been a few days after your film as there was a lot less snow, and not as fresh, so I went up the bwlch, round Corn Du, up Pen Y Fan, down a bit and up Corn Du, then dropped off the side down to the main car park. Hope I get some better days this year though.
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@huw_jenks, are you still planning a trip to Bansko this winter? And if yes, are you looking for a buddy to lower transport/accommodation/guiding costs?
I'm a off piste snowboarder with strong level (between 20 and 60 days on my snowboard the last five winters) and I have 5 days of splitboard touring experience. Hoping to do more of the same this winter but I'm working only part time at the moment. Downside is that I have to be super careful with costs this winter. Upside is I'm flexible and can travel mid-week if cheaper/necessary!
If you plan something along those lines, reach out! Bansko is not the alps, but the off-piste looks solid and place been on my radar for few years now.
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