Pirin National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Pirin mountains above Bansko are protected as Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983 and renowned for its 118 glacial lakes.
Ski Resorts in Bulgaria
15 resorts with real-time weather data
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Bulgaria ski resort map
Bulgaria has 23 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count. Find Powder carries live snow reports for 15 of them, mapped here with the main cities and the airports that serve them. Zoom in to see every name, or jump straight to a region.
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- Ski resort
- City
- Airport
Blagoevgrad (5)
- Bansko Β· 2,600m Β· snow history
- Dobrinishte Β· 2,000m Β· snow history
- Mechi Chal Β· 2,500m Β· snow history
- Panichishte Β· 2,400m Β· snow history
- Razlog Β· 2,600m Β· snow history
Pazardzhik (1)
- Yundola Β· 2,000m Β· snow history
Smolyan (2)
- Chepelare Β· 1,800m Β· snow history
- Pamporovo Β· 1,926m Β· snow history
Sofia (7)
- Belmeken Β· 2,642m Β· snow history
- Borovets Β· 2,560m Β· snow history
- Kostenets Β· 1,800m Β· snow history
- Malovitsa Β· 2,729m Β· snow history
- Samokov Β· 2,290m Β· snow history
- Sitnyakovo Β· 2,000m Β· snow history
- Vitosha Β· 2,290m Β· snow history
Airports for skiing in Bulgaria
The airports with scheduled flights closest to the Bulgaria resorts we cover, nearest first. Several of the best gateways are across the border. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance β mountain roads can easily double them.
- SofiaSOF
18 km to Vitosha, with 13 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- PlovdivPDV
41 km to Chepelare, with 15 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- Kavala Alexander the GreatKVAIn Greece
82 km to Pamporovo, with 8 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- Thessaloniki MacedoniaSKGIn Greece
143 km to Mechi Chal, with 2 of the resorts on this map within 150 km.
- NiΕ‘ Constantine the GreatINIIn Serbia
144 km to Vitosha.
- SkopjeSKPIn North Macedonia
147 km to Malovitsa.
- PriΕ‘tina Adem JashariPRNIn Kosovo
184 km to Vitosha.
- CraiovaCRAIn Romania
201 km to Vitosha.
Cities on the map
Sofia (capital) β 15 km from the nearest resort Β· Plovdiv β 49 km from the nearest resort Β· Pernik β 21 km from the nearest resort Β· Blagoevgrad β 30 km from the nearest resort Β· Asenovgrad β 37 km from the nearest resort Β· Pazardzhik β 41 km from the nearest resort Β· Stara Zagora β 112 km from the nearest resort Β· Haskovo β 76 km from the nearest resort Β· Kyustendil β 58 km from the nearest resort Β· Kardzhali β 57 km from the nearest resort
Map shapes: Natural Earth. Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Cities: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Distances are straight-line from the airport or city to the nearest resort on this page.
Bulgaria skiing and snowboarding facts
Bulgaria has 23 ski areas by skiresort.com's count. The largest, Bansko, sits at the foot of the Pirin mountains, beside a national park listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ski resorts
233 km
Of slopes
99
Ski lifts
Bulgaria has 23 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count, with 233 km of slopes served by 99 lifts. Counts differ between sources, because each draws the line between a ski resort and a village tow in a different place.
Largest ski area
75 km
Bansko
Highest ski area
2,550m
Borovets
Biggest vertical
1,540m
Bansko
A six-kilometre gondola out of the town
Bansko's eight-seat gondola climbs more than 6 km from the town up to the ski area at around 1,600 m β roughly a 30-minute ride from bottom to top.
Figures describe Bulgaria as a whole, not just the resorts we track. Skier visits are shown only where a national industry body or two independent reports agree.