Bulgaria Ski discussion board

For the last six seasons skiing has been available around Easter in Bansko. Now i cannot say that the conditions were perfect, but it was possible... What makes this season and following seasons a better possibility is the large numbers of snow cannons in resort, and the fact that they run them whenever possible. This creates a good base that will cope with higher temperatures. Personally i like the time around the end of March, longer days, sunnier, and quieter. With referance to last season, the resort closed on April 12th, but not through lack of snow, ironically it snowed two days later (50cm on top) to add to an already 2m lack of tourists was given as the reason ?? perhaps lack of Balkan tourists ??
http://www.skidvd.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=150534
An album from April 2008, ignore year date on cam, my mistake

Well I went in Easter 2008 and it was fantastic blizzard like conditions for 2 days to start with and empty pistes which was perfec for us.

We are novices so guess that empty slopes certainly helped us learn quicker than usual.

This was Bansko and there was no snow in the village it was rain there but you could in theory still ski all the way down but we didnt.

Have booked for Feb 2010 & Easter 2010 we are not planning on booking the lift pass before we arrive just in case the skiing is not possible in which case it will be a relaxing holiday instead. Clearly were thinking Feb2010 will be fine fo snow butif you look back year on year Late March/Early Apr really has been goo snow/better than Feb... but clearly noone can tell for the future.