COUNTRY INDEX / BULGARIA

Bulgaria

Exact skier bases, route-level descriptions, dated event editions and transparent source checks for every Index.ski record currently published in Bulgaria.

Verified places: 05Places with piste maps: 05Verified events: 00

Photo: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bansko gondola and valley ski return on 22 January 2025, photographed by kallerna; archive winter scene, not current operation.

PUBLISHED LOCATIONS

Published places and events — Bulgaria

This country-only map contains every Index.ski destination and event venue currently published here. Select a marker to open its complete profile.

Bulgaria5 mapped locations
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  • Closed today · opening within 14 days
  • Closed for skiing
  • Unknown / uncertain

Colours show the published skiing status or confirmed operating calendar, not whether every lift is running. Check the operator before travel.

Confirmed dates change colours automatically in the place’s local time. Tentative dates, conflicting reports and expired checks remain black.

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Every published destination — Bulgaria.

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Bansko gondola and valley ski return on 22 January 2025, photographed by kallerna; archive winter scene, not current operation.018

Pirin Mountains

Bansko Ski Area

Bansko, Bulgaria

An alpine network above Bansko, linking the Banderishka Polyana base with Shiligarnik, Todorka and the lower Chalin Valog sector. Plan the final gondola or open ski-road return separately.

Todorka and Shiligarnik pistes, Chalin Valog and conditional ski-road returns Town gondola, separate mountain chairs and beginner surface lifts; check each installation’s actual service.
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Historical January 2026 Borovets photograph showing snowy forest-lined slopes, a chairlift, safety nets and the lower resort buildings.056

Rila Mountains

Borovets

Borovets, Bulgaria

Plan Borovets’s managed alpine skiing across Sitnyakovo, Yastrebets and Markudjik, with an independent map, Hotel Rila base orientation, ticket choices and clear seasonal and safety limits.

The operator advertises 58 km and a 31-row status list covering several activity types. Community segments and these mixed rows are not a reconciled piste inventory. The operator’s status page lists a gondola, four chairlifts and seven surface lifts. The community map splits the gondola into two alignments; mapped ways are not lift counts.
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Historical 28 January 2010 Pamporovo winter view by Красимир Косев, with a managed snowy slope, forest and resort buildings.104

Rhodope Mountains

Pamporovo ski zone

Pamporovo, Bulgaria

Plan Pamporovo’s managed alpine mountain with a licensed community map, separate base orientation and sourced ticket, transport, safety and service guidance; Mechi Chal remains a separate road transfer.

Scoped managed-alpine community map; Mechi Chal and unconfirmed connections omitted Separate Tourist Center, Malina, Studenets and Stoykite approaches to Snezhanka; actual operation unconfirmed.
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Historical Aleko learner slope in 2009, with a surface lift, skiers on snow and conifer forest.119

Vitosha

Vitosha Ski — Aleko and Vetrovala

Sofia / Aleko, Bulgaria

Managed alpine skiing above Sofia centres on Aleko and the Vitoshko Lale slopes, with Vetrovala forming a separate ski area.

Managed alpine pistes around Aleko and Vitoshko Lale, with Vetrovala as a separate area; the operator inventory also contains other disciplines. Two Vitoshko Lale chairlifts and learner surface lifts form distinct approaches; the operator says Simeonovo gondola is not operating.
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Historical July 2012 view down the Mechi Chal chairlift through green forest above Chepelare.137

Rhodope Mountains

Mechi Chal — Chepelare

Chepelare, Bulgaria

Mechi Chal is a separate alpine ski area just south of Chepelare in Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains, with a four-seat chairlift, a middle station and managed slopes below its forested summit.

Identified managed Run 1, Bypasses 1A/1B and Run 2; uncategorised routes are excluded. Four-seat Mechi Chal chairlift with a middle station; separately described upper mini drag.
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