The Piste

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The ski pistes are located in two main ski centres, Chalin Valog at 1100-1600m and Shiligarnika at 1700-2500m. Both are about 10 kilometres above the town on the northern slopes of Pirin and easily accessible in about 25 minutes via the new Gondola lift, which starts from Bansko.

Slalom and Giant slalom runs are available, and the total length of the marked pistes is 65 kilometres. The slopes offer runs and tracks for all types of skiers and will suit both beginners and experts.

The Gondola's starting station has huge monitors which show pictures from the different pistes, so skiers are well informed about the wind and temperature conditions before climbing up on the slope.

Bansko offers a cross-country track with a total length of 5 km. A 3 km ski run Rollbahn track is situated 2 km far from the town.

Equipment

There are forty four Technoalpine snow cannons which cover most of the slopes and extend the ski season. The maximum pleasure from the various ski pistes is guaranteed by 12 Kassbohrer slope maintenance vehicles.

The lifts and pistes operator in Bansko provides maximum comfort with the exclusive 8-seater Gondola cable car by Dopplemayer, five 4-seat lifts of the latest Doppelmayer models, one 3-seat lift by Poma, 7 drags and 10 baby drags.

All ski equipment can be used by the one-chip card from SkiData.