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Bansko question
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 01-18-07 16:38Bansko question
Can someone please tell me if the skiing in Bansko is only accessible via the gondola, or are there small runs in the village with drag lifts, walkable from the hotels? The brochures don't make it clear. I was wondering if the gondola happened to shut, say due to high winds, then does that mean there is absolutely no skiing available?Thanks for any help!!
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there could never be higher wind than you caused in our living room on new years eve. every time sit on setee it still wafts up!!!re: Bansko question
That was fatboy, this is the wife!I'll wait for sensible answers from people in the know!
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you cant ski unless you get the gondola.You could walk up the ski road and ski back down a bit but you would soon get tired and bored.
cheers
Smag
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Wrong. You can drive up to the top of the gondola and then access the ski are as if you had just gone on the gondola. However, if its windy it i usually the top of the mountain that is closed and not the gondola. I've only know the gondola to close due to high winds once (last year) and then the whole mountain was shut.There is no skiing in the town itself, just the end of the ski road.
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I stand corrected Mat.I forgot about the option to drive up the the ski area. I should have known because I drove up there myself this year after the ski season had finished (May).
As Mat says though, if the gondola is closed they the ski lifts up the rest of the mountain will probably be closed to.
Cheers
Smag
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Thanks lads, that's what I needed to know.re: Bansko question
taking the car as han luggage then mrs fatboy?re: Bansko question
Last Feb when I was there the gondola was closed for 2 days due ti winds. When we were aimlessly standing around in the lift station we noticed that there WERE skiiers on the slopes (saw this via the large screen projecting the webcams). When we quizzed people we found out that taxi drivers were offering to take people up to the mid station for 10 Lev per skull. Once you were up there you could ski down the ski road if you so wished!
I guess at the very least it was an attempt at skiing (if ...
I guess at the very least it was an attempt at skiing (if ...
Last Feb when I was there the gondola was closed for 2 days due ti winds. When we were aimlessly standing around in the lift station we noticed that there WERE skiiers on the slopes (saw this via the large screen projecting the webcams). When we quizzed people we found out that taxi drivers were offering to take people up to the mid station for 10 Lev per skull. Once you were up there you could ski down the ski road if you so wished!
I guess at the very least it was an attempt at skiing (if slightly pricey!!)
KB
I guess at the very least it was an attempt at skiing (if slightly pricey!!)
KB
