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Bansko Snow...?
Author:MattyB
posts : 25 (Beginner)Date : 11-25-09 09:46Bansko Snow...?
Just wondering... with the lack of snow for the moment and the season kicking off in just a couple of weeks will the snow cannons be used to get the season started in bansko? and how much of the slopes do they cover? read some places 50% and others say 80%....? how effective are they likely to be given the current temperatures?
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Cannons cover over 80% of the slopes, last season they completed 4 pistes and the ski road to the town ready for the opening on December 1st... The cannons have been running at night at the moment, i was up the mountain yesterday, and could see the piles of snow adjacent to the cannons... but there is a long way to go, and the weather has been very mild in the day (great mtb weather) so its in the hands of the gods really. Last season we had no appreciable snowfall till Christmas Day (70cm) ...
Cannons cover over 80% of the slopes, last season they completed 4 pistes and the ski road to the town ready for the opening on December 1st... The cannons have been running at night at the moment, i was up the mountain yesterday, and could see the piles of snow adjacent to the cannons... but there is a long way to go, and the weather has been very mild in the day (great mtb weather) so its in the hands of the gods really. Last season we had no appreciable snowfall till Christmas Day (70cm) but people had been skiing since the 1st... The weather is very similar to last year really, sunny days and cold nights, so we'll have to see what happens. I'll keep everyone updated with the snow as the time draws near 
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"Last season we had no appreciable snowfall till Christmas Day (70cm) " not sure if I am getting the context wrong, but i was in Bansko last christmas, the snow was terrible and 70cm? perhaps 5cm fell on christmas day, the total snow depth for the runs that were open i doubt very much if that was 70cm, or they would have had more than 4 runs open.re: Bansko Snow...?
The snow machine snow is crap, but its something to slide down. Which is better than sitting at home watching TV - just. Use rentals skis as the piste bashers tend to plough up dirt and stones when they try and scrape the thin layer of 'snow' over the pistere: Bansko Snow...?
Well jonathon, i don't know where you were but on Christmas day ? we were eating our dinner in the Irish just as it started to snow. By the end of the evening it was up to the fence outside. It was around 20cm in the town with a reported 70cm on the top of the mountain. Now im not going to split hairs on depths but it was the first appreciable snowfall, we had earlier falls of 2-5cm but these made little differance. The first snow last season was actually on Oct 4th, a little over 20cm fell ...
Well jonathon, i don't know where you were but on Christmas day ? we were eating our dinner in the Irish just as it started to snow. By the end of the evening it was up to the fence outside. It was around 20cm in the town with a reported 70cm on the top of the mountain. Now im not going to split hairs on depths but it was the first appreciable snowfall, we had earlier falls of 2-5cm but these made little differance. The first snow last season was actually on Oct 4th, a little over 20cm fell on Vihren with very low temps through Nov, this season we saw snow of a little over 30cm in early Nov, which was enough to close Predal for an hour, unfortunately we have seen clear skies and high daytime temps ever since...
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Im going out on 14th Feb 2010 - at the time of year is it usual to have snow in the village?Also up the op of the mountain what will it be like? Super deep snow or still not the peak of the snowfall
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I was out the 6th of Feb last year and there was plenty of snow up the mountian tended to get a little slushy right by the gondola station but the cannons kept this going! i think feb is normally a good time in bulgaria if you look at past records of snow depth for feb!! should be fine.
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thats half term week. i was there this year talking to a guy in murphys bar on the tuesday evening. he couldnt understand why bansko hadnt had much snow. that night the snow started and didnt stop for three days. the town and the mountain had loads. was fab skiing in waist deep snow. the thing to remember is the snow is different to the uk. when it snows over here it is gone within two days. over in bansko with the altitude and temps you only need a couple of good dumps a season and ...
thats half term week. i was there this year talking to a guy in murphys bar on the tuesday evening. he couldnt understand why bansko hadnt had much snow. that night the snow started and didnt stop for three days. the town and the mountain had loads. was fab skiing in waist deep snow. the thing to remember is the snow is different to the uk. when it snows over here it is gone within two days. over in bansko with the altitude and temps you only need a couple of good dumps a season and skiing will be great all the time. for all you people concerned over if there will be snow when you are there, look at the webcam. you can choose a date from the last 3 yrs+ and that will then tell you the conditions. keep fingers crossed all the same
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I thought last year there was loads of snow just before and around xmas!!!re: Bansko Snow...?
does seem a slower start this year, december 1st webcam for last year shows plenty of people and plenty of snowwe're a few days away and its currently mud, with piles of man made snow on the sides in places....?
