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Chepelare Starting To Grow

Pamporovo Pete Author: posts : 13   (Beginner)Date : 11-07-07 00:50

Chepelare Starting To Grow

NEW HOTELS AND BIATHLON MARK BULGARIA’S CHEPELARE RESORT SEASON OPENING
17:09 Tue 06 Nov 2007 - Elitsa Savova

Bulgaria's Chepelare winter resort in the Rhodopi Mountain will open the new winter season with four new hotels with 300 beds and a vacation village of 10 houses.

Subi Madankov, head of the hotel and restaurant owners union in Smolyan, said that with the new lodgings, Chepelare would be able to host 1600 tourists at a time.

In winter season 2007/2008, in Chepelare two ...
NEW HOTELS AND BIATHLON MARK BULGARIA’S CHEPELARE RESORT SEASON OPENING
17:09 Tue 06 Nov 2007 - Elitsa Savova

Bulgaria's Chepelare winter resort in the Rhodopi Mountain will open the new winter season with four new hotels with 300 beds and a vacation village of 10 houses.

Subi Madankov, head of the hotel and restaurant owners union in Smolyan, said that with the new lodgings, Chepelare would be able to host 1600 tourists at a time.

In winter season 2007/2008, in Chepelare two centres for biathlon with ski runs of one, two and three km, would be opened, Focus news agency reported.

One of the centres was in the town, while the other was on the Mechi Chal peak.

The snowboard park in the town will be made longer.

According to Madankov, no ‘drastic’ raise in the price of the ski lift tickets was to be expected. Currently, the lift and the facilities were being examined.

Some 90 per cent of the ski runs were ready, Madankov said. With the new tracks, Chepelare had 22 km of alpine ski runs and 20 km of ski and biathlon tracks.

PP Cool

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Joff Author: posts : 13   (Beginner)Date : 11-07-07 01:19

re: Chepelare Starting To Grow

Pete

I know you usually have a day skiing in Chepelare - I have only been skiing 3 times + quite fancy trying somewhere different for the day - what sort of level are the slopes in Chepelare?

Joff
Pamporovo Pete Author: posts : 13   (Beginner)Date : 11-07-07 01:37

re: Chepelare Starting To Grow

To be honest Joff it is quite a difficult resort to ski. There are only really 2 ways down. 1 is 90% black and difficult reds - the other is a very long winding and in places very narrow blue which is easy to get lost on if you don't have a guide.

If you feel up to the challenge I would strongly recommend you only do it with an experienced skier who knows the slopes.

PP Cool
Joff Author: posts : 13   (Beginner)Date : 11-07-07 11:36

re: Chepelare Starting To Grow

Cheers Pete - I think I will probably give it a couple more years practising!

Joff