 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all, details of the trip; flights/transfers/accommodation booked through Neilson, stayed HB at the Hotel Lion, lift pass and skis from Ski Mania, solo trip (met up with fellow sH super hero Macca778 there for a few days)
Some further background, haven't skied much abroad, in fact only last year in Chamonix over xmas so don't have a load of experience to compare to.
I booked primarily as it was cheap. Fact is though I found the whole trip awesome. Yes Bansko can appear a bit eastern European but everything you need is very first world. The hotel was excellent, food more than acceptable. Anybody you need to speak to has great English.
On to the skiing, baring in mind I'm intermediate at best there was more than enough to keep me occupied for 6 long days. Not all of the pistes were open, all that were are serviced by snow cannons. They did a super job at opening over xmas and the snow road is a great end to the day. Yes if you're looking for acres of reds and blacks then Bansko isn't for you, but for a cheap break with kids with some easy runs then yes it's well worth a look.
Regarding the infamous queues at the gondola... I was at the gondola by 08:10 every morning and didn't queue however arrive later and your milage will vary.
I enjoyed it so much I'll be booking there again next year and perhaps again this year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sounds great. I'm off to Bansko for the first time on 14 January. There is a bit of snow forecast for this week and temps are pretty low so fingers crossed for a good week.
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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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Yes the out look is promising. I found the website Bansko Blog useful. There's some interesting stuff there and a guide to Bansko which is a little out of date now but still handy for the Bulgarian element. The app is interesting too, quite a lot of chat on on it and the writer is always on so if you want some local information it's handy.
Have fun anyway, sure you will. I'm just about to book again for the 4th Feb 
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Back to Bansko?
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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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Yes - dragging along some other friends this time too.
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How did you find Bansko? Looked like there was quite a bit of snow...
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It was great. Loads of snow and it snowed quite a lot during the week. The slopes were pretty busy though. And we made sure to be at the gondola by 8.30 as after that the queues were terrible.
I found the reds and blacks much quieter for obvious reasons.
We only went out the one night when our hosts had night off, as we were in a chalet so food wine and beer were free. So can't comment much on tge nightlife.
Happy End was pretty good for apres and for us all to meet up to get van back to chalet.
I can recommend Total Chalets who we stayed with. They sort out everything except flights.
Over all it was good week but the area is limited and busy. I probably will go back if I want a cheap week again. Some of the guys in my chalet have booked to go back again in March they liked it so much.
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That's good to hear, glad to hear you had a nice time. I'm not surprised about your summary of limited and busy skiing, it's not massive there.
I'm back next week, will be interesting to see the difference between Christmas and mid-season. I've got 4 hours of lessons booked everyday, if they stick to the blues I'll give them a miss and use the reds.
Will look up total chalets
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