Bansko vs Borovets
Borovets scores 5.3 vs 5.1 for Bansko. Snow: Borovets. Terrain: Bansko. Shorter queues: Borovets. Value: Borovets. Après: Bansko.
| 🇧🇬 Bansko | 🇧🇬 Borovets | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 5.2 | 7.4 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| Altitude | 990–2600 m | 1350–2560 m |
| Vertical | 1610 m | 1210 m |
| Mapped pistes | 8.6 km | 32.1 km |
| Advertised | 75 km | 58 km |
| Avg snowfall | 2.9 m | 3.1 m |
| Powder days | 4 | 4 |
| Lifts mapped | 4 | 9 |
| Modern lifts | 75% | 56% |
| Typical wait | 3.6 min | 2.3 min |
| Day pass | €62 (€62) | €55 (€55) |
| Pass | none | none |
| Ski-in/out places | 0 | 5 |
| Bars | 10 | 5 |
| Airport | SOF · 150 min | SOF · 75 min |
| Season | Dec 13 to Apr 12 | Dec 13 to Apr 6 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.