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Vitosha closed this season?

I heard yesterday from a Bulgarian snowboarding friend that a fight between Ulen (the new concessionaire of Vitosha) and the Ministry of Environment means that they won't be preparing the pistes this year - like what happened early in the season in pamporovo last year - cutting small trees that have grown over the summer etc. Anyone with any more info? Lewis, you're in this neck of the woods I think...

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As far as I undertand, the President of the Bulgarian Ski Federation, Tseko Minev (also the owner of Ulen) has written to the ministry of the environment asking for the runs to be cleaned, as this can not be done without permission as it's a national park.

I'm sure some 'deal' will be done or as last year they will do it without permission and if challenged will declare they are picking berries!

Beachy Bob

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Thanks for the clarification

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hi, no first iv heard of it sorry !! the fight might be about ulen's planned development of vitosha which they were petitioning for last year to get some support for doing various things like improving lifts etc

by the way if someone can build a complete new chair lift in the seven lakes area and operate it even though its all completely illegal, im sure ulen/vitosha will manage to prepare some pistes and open their lifts at the appropriate time
lewis

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Is there going to be skiing at the seven lakes this year?

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well theres a lift......im sure theyre not going to use it what do you think??

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im sure there will be, the chair lift was working this summer, and the refurbished hija has a drag lift and a piste....

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I wonder if I can/should overcome my moral indignation at the destruction of national park habitat to take advantage.......?

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i dont know how you can live with yourself.....

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its a bit strange really, before the lift you could either walk up or pay the pister machine to come and get you, now the lift takes you to the hija, but i dont think there are any pistes back down the bottom of the chair, apart from the access road/track which isnt much of a run ?