Bansko has stressed that it intends to stay open to its planned closing date on April 14th, a week on Sunday, after most other Bulgarian ski resorts closed for the season earlier than planned on Wednesday.
Temperatures across the country have suddenly risen into the 20s Celsius after snowfall just a few days ago, with warm weather from the Sahara said to be the culprit. The warm sunny weather is now not expected to move on anytime soon.
As a result, Borovets announced on Easter Monday April 1st that it would close on Wednesday April 3rd and Pamporovo decided to do the same. Vitosha has already closed.
Bansko though, which had already reduced lift pass prices for the final fortnight of the season, is stressing it will stay open. Currently about two thirds of its terrain is open with upper base depths at around a metre.
Most ski areas in other eastern European ski nations have also closed, including all Czech and Romanian resorts. However Slovakia's Jasna remains open and reported 20cm of snowfall on Tuesday.