Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Kas, etc and whoever else is out there now. now firstly please appreciate that im not saying anyone is lying ok, my issue is on all of the webcams the snow at borovets look fantastic! iv seen video, webcams etc... now how firstly can there be plenty of snow at rila level wich by looking at the webcams there clearly is and virtually none at the base of mussala peak...it doesnt make any sense at all! there is claiming to be 80cm in the yastrabets area, now is this all artifial or is this 80cm of snow with fake snow on top? im just struggling to undetand why every report about borovets say the conditioins are fantastic and on here everyone says there dreadful.........

Hi Charlie,

No probs with the questions. The Rila slopes and Yastrebets have good snow coverage due to the cannons - so basically, the 80cm of snow in Yastrebets is mainly artificial snow. There are others out here now that are updating on here, so check out their posts as well. Yesterday was excellent on yastrebets, today really icy which is said to be due to the volume of people pushing the soft snow (artificial) out of the way and leaving pure ice underneath.
I did say yesterday that we don't know why the Marky slopes are shut. They 'look' really good as though there is enough snow, but the operators are saying there are not enough. Also, when I say look, that simply is looking over from the restauranst at the top, so it's really difficult to be factual as not been on them as if you go over there, you are stuck with the lifts not working and the Mussala Path unskiable - which is a very long walk!!
As a last point, all I am doing is typing up the information once I get a telephone call and am by no means an expert. My other half has worked in Boro though for 25 seasons and would certainly not want to put people off by giving a false report as all the locals are struggling this season....
If you have any more questions, just shout!