Skiing At Bansko (The Ski Road)

I mentioned in a blog post that I went skiing at Bansko's Chalin Valog that was a part of a Ski Road. The Ski Road is a 6.3 kilometer long track which leads you from Bansko's Bunderishka Polyana to the Bansko town center, on the first Gondola station.

Skiing on the Ski Road was relatively easy and the views you get are gorgeous. There will be a section of the road where you can see snow covered mountains behind the numerous buildings of the main town of Bansko.

Here's a gallery of all the awesomeness that I have seen:

A view of the Ski Road shortly after its entrance from Bunderishka and Banderitza.

A majority of the road is surrounded by trees on its left and right, as seen in this photo.

Nearing the Bansko town at the end of the Ski Road.

I shall end this post with one of my favorite pictures:

Natural beauty, natural awesomeness.

Hopefully you guys enjoyed the little gallery I've put up. To sum everything up, I think that the Ski-Road was a fabulous addition to our skiing experience in Bulgaria, because I experienced skiing on natural terrain and got to see a lot of natural sights around me. The Ski-Road is another experience I will never forget, and hopefully you can experience skiing on this ski track someday, too!

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Skiing at Bansko (Chalin Valog & Bunderishka Polyana)

Bulgaria was so much fun! I learned how to ski within twelve hours of skiing training and lessons. But personally, I also enjoyed the environment, surroundings and breathtaking sights that I have seen throughout our one-week trip.

At the main town of Bansko, you must take the Gondola lift either towards the middle station which you can ski at three slopes, or to the topmost (the main) station which features a difficult slope called the Banderitza and an easy slope, the Bunderishka Polyana, where we went for the majority of the trip and where our skiing lessons were.

I want to take this moment for every person reading to appreciate the beauty of the surroundings of Bunderishka Polyana and Banderitza. So amazing! Here's a view just after the drag lift (of the Bunderishka):

The view on top of Bunderishka Polyana.

The Banderitza (difficult slope) on the left and Bunderishka Polyana  (easy slope) on the right.

Ski lessons went on for four hours per day for three days. Our instructor was very patient with us, and coped up with our successes, failures and falls. Although some of the activities were a bit repetitive, I can say that I learned a lot. Remember to snow plow (putting both skis in an "A" shape) to stop, to parallel (form the skis as two straight lines going at the direction of the slope) and to be perpendicular to the slope while wishing to come up using skis.

Skiing was not that difficult actually. As a teen who has lived a full twelve years in a country which doesn't event experience temperatures lower than 25 degrees Celsius, I thought that skiing was easy to learn, and I surprisingly coped up very well. I can curve and I can avoid people in front of me, so... that's good, right?

Also, a part of the Ski Road (I'll talk more about this in another time) is another easy slope called the Chalin Valog. The Chalin Valog is much more challengeing than the Bunderishka, but it is much more fun. Unfortunately, I only had half a run on this slope, because we had it on the second-to-last day of our trip.

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