Pamporovo bulgaria
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Pamporovo Bulgaria.
Pamporovo Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1961 the Bulgarian ski resort Pamporovo lies at 1937 metres altitude in the ? region of the Bulgarian Rhodopes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Pamporovo ski area is not snow sure. Over 10 snow cannons ensure artificial Pamporovo snow making covers 1km of ski trails, which equates to around 5 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Pamporovo (Bulgaria) is Plovdiv at a distance of 83km or approximately 90 minutes driving time. Pamporovo ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
Pleasant purpose-built centre in spectacular pine forests. There may be something in the air here as many of the locals live to be 100+, or it may be just because this claims to be Europe's sunniest ski resort, averaging 270 sunshine days annually. The resort was partially privatised soon after the end of the Communist era in Bulgaria in the 1990s and a majority share holding in the profitable resort was sold by the government in 2000.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Pamporovo Bulgaria
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 6 runs ?km |
30% |
Advanced Trails
 6 runs ?km |
30% |
Expert Trails
 8 runs 8km |
40% |
Pamporovo Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | ? - ? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Pamporovo Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 62km |
| total length of Pamporovo trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 2.5km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N, NW |
| direction Pamporovo ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 1937m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1456m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1650m |
| centre of Pamporovo ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 480m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 480m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Pamporovo
Skiing Pamporovo you'll enjoy 20 pistes and trails and that means approximately 62km of ski runs. Pamporovo lifts number 15 with the capacity to uplift 10000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Bulgarian ski resort of Pamporovo is over 2.5km long.
Pamporovo Ski Area
Pamporovo ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 30% intermediate, 30% advanced ski slopes and 40% for expert skiers - the most difficult Pamporovo piste is the 1km The Wall run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Pamporovo after dark.
Pamporovo for skiing gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Pamporovo
If you snowboard Pamporovo you'll want to know that, of the 15 ski lifts in total, 9 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Pamporovo snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Pamporovo snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 80 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Pamporovo for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Pamporovo Apres Ski
The apres ski Pamporovo scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
0 apres ski bars 10 restaurants 0 bowling 2 night club 0 cinema 1 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 5 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 2 saunas 1 hot tubs 1 solariums 1 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 2 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Majority of Apres Ski facilites on offer in hotels..
SNO-man says
Many of the hotels have swimming pools (including the Pamporovo, Mourgavets, Perelik, St George and Pamporovo). There is a bowling alley in the Perelik and dog sledding is available.
Pamporovo for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Pamporovo Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Pamporovo resort - ski Pamporovo by any other name
The Bulgarian ski resort of Pamporovo ski resort is also known as Pamporovo Snezhanka, Rhodopes and has the following common misspellings:
Pamporovo ski area has ski slopes which face N, NW
The direction which the various Pamporovo ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Pamporovo ski resort has ski slopes facing N, NW.
Pamporovo for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall