Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Sorry people - my initial post to start this thread was a personal account and only intended as such. It wasnt to dis boro, it wasnt to brag about experience - purely a realisttic account of my experience.

I expected opinion to differ, as does life, but i never expected to find such a fool wanting the ins and out of a ducks arse - with no apparent means to an end?

dbut - Im only 40 and i cant keep up with the kids anymore. Hope im still at it at 60 and i hope i still have enough of the kids inheritance to go to Canada at 60 too

DontTrustTheCam, You only managed to describe the first 1/4 of the piste which can be gleaned from the piste map and photos available on this web. Despite your believe you've proved me wrong, all you did was post a whole list of other points whilst avoiding the original question.

ian W, It doesn't look like DontT'T'Cam will answer the question. So firstly Yas' 1 is labelled as a red however when you exit the chairlift my observations were

1) this red isn't at all steep- infact the two blues right in front on the Rila were steeper by a big margin than this part of the piste

2) The piste is so wide you could easily run 7 traffic lanes along it at the point along side the chairlift. From the piste map we can see the chairlift is on the right of the Yas' 1 piste. What is doesn't show you is that you officially offload when the chairlift turns left, this can confuse novices because they might think they missed the chance to get off in the uunloading area.

So off I go and past the right hand exit to the mid-station. So far the gradient has been gentle and point 1 still holds true.

Keep going then it gets steeper, now maybe as steep as the blues right infront of the Rila. Roughly at this point the big summer house style bar/cafe can be seen on the left hand side of the piste. The area around the bar cafe is flat as is the entire adjacent area of piste so build up speed on the steeper bit before the bar if you want avoid polling along the flat.

Keep going and then we reach the only part of the piste I would describe as a genuine red in gradient. It's the part just before the left hand path to the chairlift which takes you back up the piste. Although it's steeper there's no noticable camber and the section is very short, less than 100m from memory.

ian, This was DTTC's description about the remaining 3/4 of the piste

'Last 3/4 of run ...............mmmmmmmmm
trees and ice and fog - more trees ice and fog - fresh air and oh snow blowers.'

Compare that to what I wrote, the details about the piste, DTTC didn't really say much or anything specific about it.

After being charged 6 lev for a coke at the bar left of the Markudjik blue run poma lift as you ski down the piste I didn't stop at the Yas 1 bar for something to eat so no I wouldn't have noticed the writing on any advertising hording there. I do however recall the outdoor seating was on a raised patio deck, about a 1 foot high.