Pamporovo Resort Winter 2011/2012

A festive parade welcomes the Europa Ski Cup in Pamporovo after 26 years break.

74 skiers from eighteen European States arrived for the competition in Pamporovo. The charter flight from Muenich with the alpine skiers on board arrived at the Plovdiv Airport early in the afternoon.  This announced on the competition’s press conference by the race director Valentin Stefanov. 

„Because of the heavy snowfall it was impossible to provide additional parking places, declared Mr. Maryan Belyakov, CEO of Pamporovo Plc. He summoned the citizens who plan to travel for the cup by car to park at Ski Center “Malina where there is a big parking lot. There are parking lots at Ski Centre Stoykite, at the Bus Station on resort’s entrance as well as on the so called heliport. On the days of the competition a special access pass for Ski Parking “Studenets” is needed. There be also free bus transport for all ski fans from Chepelare and Smolyan who want to watch the race live” added Belyakov. The lift Bus Station-Studenetz will also be for free. Tickets for the specially built tribune from where the race can be best seen will be available at the desks at Ski Centre Studenets. The ticket price is 25 leva fr each of the competition days. The seats’ number is restricted to 100 a per day, but slalom can be seen for free from the side of the run. The Bulgarian National Television will broadcast both of the slaloms live. According to Belyakov the organization of the event took more than 1 million Bulgarian Leva. “I want to specially thank the Bulgarian Ski Federation for the granted support. The preparation for the prestigious starts took as more than a year” added Belyakov.

The president of the Bulgarian Ski Federation Mr. Tseko Minev was happy to announce that with the hosting of competition of such a rank Pamporovo is back on the European Ski Map after a 26 years break. “Here we welcome skiers like the silver medalist from the Olympics in Torina 2006, Reinfried Herbst and the star of the Japanese team, Naoki Yuasa added Minev. Both players will stay in Pamporovo till the World Cup Race in Bansko scheduled for the 18th and 19th this month.