December 3, 2007
Bulgarian ski vacation experience + ski travel deals
Matt Gross has many complaints about Bansko in Bulgaria but ends up calling them petty thanks to one good day of snowboarding. The two main complaints, while conflicting, didn't seem petty to me though.
First was what the author called "anarchy" and second was that many lifts remain closed for no good reason. I say they are somewhat conflicting since someone decided not to run the lifts to the better snow so someone was in charge. However, that didn't seem to help much on the ground where the best way to get on the lift was to outmuscle the rest of the skiers.
The author decided to forgive Bansko when the lifts were all opened at the end of his vacation. Besides that one day of good snow and trails, he notes that skiing in Bansko is affordable - $60 to $100 a day should be easy according to the author (including lift tickets, steak, and beer).
Speaking of cheap skiing, here's an article that starts off with some "overlooked values" but also goes for some more expensive heli-skiing. This one focuses on US destinations (the heli-skiing is in Canada).
Posted by James Trotta at December 3, 2007 10:45 AM | TrackBack