Pamporovo To Add New Base Village
Bulgarian ski centre Pamporovo has announced plans to extend the ski area to link the existing village of Stoikite to the resort’s network. A three kilometre (just under two mile) long six-seat chairlift will be installed to make the connection upwards. Two new ski runs, seven kilometres (four-and-a-half miles) long will be cut for skiers to use to reach Stoikite. The new lift and runs have already passed an environmental assessment by the Bulgarian Environment Ministry according to local media reports.
The expansion is part of a larger initiative to connect the ski areas of Chepelare, Pamporovo and Perelik and is expected to be completed for the start of the 2008-9 season.
Over the past four years Pamporovo AD had made substantial investment in upgrading existing lifts and expanding the ski area to its current 55km 35 miles) of runs. The bed base has increased tenfold over the past decade from 2,000 to 20,000.
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