I'm going on the21st Jan and will let you know what I thought when I get back. I went through Thompsons whose site said it was 2-3 mins walk to Gondola. I saw a post earlier that said it was about 600m (so may take some fast walking!!). They also said that although they didn't stay there, they looked in and it seemed very good. Apparently you can leave your gear at the Gondola for a small fee to save carrying it back and forth. Checked that web sit as well, hopefully it'll get updated soon.
hotel lion is next door to hotel perun .regular bus to gondolla.10 mins walk longer with ski stuff.most hotels have ski rooms for skis etc or you can leave hired stuff at bottom of gondolla.have been to bansko 3 times ,its fab.have fun