- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 5°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 993–2,516 m
- Across
- 9.3 km
Updated: 15 Oct 2026, 08:51
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 10 | 8 |
| Fri 16 Oct | Snow showers | 2 | 0 to 4 | 10 |
| Sat 17 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 6 | 7 |
| Sun 18 Oct | Partly cloudy | 0 | 2 to 10 | 7 |
| Mon 19 Oct | Clear | 0 | 5 to 13 | 9 |
| Tue 20 Oct | Partly cloudy | 0 | 5 to 13 | 7 |
| Wed 21 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 6 to 15 | 5 |
Score breakdown
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
Bansko, in Bulgaria, runs from 993 m at the base to 2,516 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 9.3 km across, with 41 marked runs and 20 lifts (about 34 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 164 cm of snowfall a season, 1,485th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 1st in Bulgaria. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (222 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2023/24 (94 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 52 cm.
Below are links to its official live camera.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
94% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift9
- Rope tow4
- Drag lift3
- Gondola2
- Platter1
- Magic carpet1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live cameras
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 77% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Bulgaria (100%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 40 cm, about the same as the median of 36 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 164 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2023/24 with 94 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 222 cm (2.4 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.