Bulgaria Ski discussion board

i had concerns last year that pamps did not have enough piste to cope with the amount of skiers last year ,and it seems like hotels and apartments have shot up in the last 10 months and i fear that the skiing infastructure will not cope with all the extra skiers in the resort , and i think the sad facts are that it will spoil peoples experience and lead to a greater number of accidents especially with there being only one green run from top to bottom which is to narrow to cope anyone any thoughts on the matter, and we also learn this week that the green run is damaged ie landslide at the tunnel above mid station

This subject was debated at some length last year and I fully agreed with the points made then and indeed the point you raise now.

For years there has been talk of new slopes and even linking Pamporovo to Chepalare, but at present that's all it is -- talk.

They are in grave danger of killing the golden goose unless a mass cash injection is put into developing the resort infrastructure to cope with the mass development of the hotels and influx of additional tourists. 10,000 more beds planned yet no concrete plans for the ski area.

Something will be done about this I'm sure, but when -- your guess is as good as mine.

PP

Nothing would surprize me at the moment. The sister hotel is already built leaving the Perelik as the 'old maid' so to speak. With the improvements that have been made to the Mourgavets and others over the past 3 years The Perilik has lost it's crown as the No.1 hotel and it relies soley now on it's location in the resort centre as it's main attraction.

Standards of hotels have improved vastly over the last 10 years and the Perelik needs an overhaul if it want to compete over the next 10.

The new plans to extend will include bars, cafes and nightclubs and this will be a huge boost to the resort.

Now all we need is 10 more slopes and lifts

PP

sorry Pete what I might was the Perelik development project which is supposedly developing the whole Pamporovo area and expanding the pistes.

Found this article on the web

"Six Companies Want to Invest in “Perelik” Project

The candidates have offered to invest up to 300 millions euro for the construction of Perelik sports-centre in the Rodopi Mountain Range.

That fact became clear yesterday when the projects of the competitors, who took place in the competition were opened. The competition was organized by the municipality of Smolyan. Six offers have been submitted to the Municipal Council, which will rank the offers in a month.

Overall detailed organization plans for the future complex are to be made. One of the offers suggests construction of a smaller resort in the nearby village of Gela.
The investment of 3,8 million BGN will help for the construction of two ski pistes and four chair lifts.

Other offer suggests the construction of the complex to be done at three stages for a period of 20 years. All of the offers, though, are consistent with the requirement of the municipality to take part in the mega project.

Perelik is planned to become the new largest resort, which will be sold 100% off plan. Work on the terrains will most probably start in the middle of 2006 year."


Do you know anything about it ?