Bulgaria Ski discussion board

"Schmall," what does that mean, Mat?

Anyway, those "Schmucks" as you call them are probably just folk trying to achieve something. a thrill perhaps; a feeling of fulfillment and the pride of having dealt with a potentially difficult black.

Maybe they do scrape it to the ice, so what?

It makes it more interesting for the skiers and boarders who can ski the ice.

I've skied many an icy steep, with bumps and exposed rocks and it wasn't always because of those who went before me. Weather conditions play a part too.

An easy slope can be skied hard and a difficult slope skied easy - it simply depends on what you are trying to achieve and if the less able skiers need to side slip down a black and potentially icy slope - so be it. They are acting responsibly and are not being "schmucks."

Comparisons were asked for, not attacks on the abilities of other piste users.

I've skied plenty of ice in the likes of Hintertux, Zermatt, and other resorts in the past year, probably in the types of resorts you'll never visit because the hills are too big and steep for you. So why do I come to Bulgaria? Because I enjoy the atmosphere and find the folk quite down to earth.

Mat, You go and enjoy yourself on perfect pistes with your no doubt perfect (mincy feet clamped together) style that can't cope with anything steeper and slipperier than an ice cube - or get up earlier to beat the crowds.

Me, I'll deal with whatever a mountain throws at me as I get to it - without pre planning my day around "decent" slopes so I can look good. Mince on.

Wow, as a potential first timer to bulgaria i am complety shocked by such hostility. I came on this site to find some information on borovets and pamporovo. I am organising a ski holiday for a group of 12 people and you can rest assured we, or any of our acquaintances will not be visiting this resort in the future. I have been looking at package holiday prices and pamporovo is as expensive or more expensive than some alps holidays. I was trying to get some information on the resort and your video gave an excelent angle on what the slopes look like, something piste maps lack. However your attitude has left a sour taste in my mouth and a bit more research on this site has allowed me to see you are a site administrator, well don't give up your day job as you've just turned off 12 people directly spending money in this place and who knows how many more indirectly. a nerve.