Pirin Mountains: Avalanche Falls without Incident

An avalanche is reported to have fallen again in the Pirin Mountains today, but thankfully this time without incident or injury. The avalanche fell in the region of Tsarna Mogila.

'Pirin' National Park: Clamping Down on Illegal Extreme Sports

The growing tendency for off-piste skiing and snowboarding, and the increasing illegal use of snowmobiles and ATV (all terrain vehicles) within the 'Pirin' National Park has just been highlighted by the Directorate of the 'Pirin' National Park. Such activities are in direct contravention of the Protected Areas Act and the Management Plan for the 'Pirin' National Park. Furthermore, these activities frequently trigger avalanches in the mountains.

The Directorate of the 'Pirin' National Park is now reminding tourist agencies and other operators currently promoting and organising such extreme sports that these activities are illegal within the 'Pirin' National Park, and that in future they will be clamping down on them and that legal action will be taken against those ignoring and breaking the national park regulations.

Bulgarian Mountains: High Risk of Avalanche Continues

The director of the Bulgarian Mountain Rescue Services Kiril Rusev has told the Bulgarian media that the risk of avalanches remains very high in the Bulgarian mountains at the moment. This risk is especially great away from the perapred pistes and he once again called for skiers and snowbaorders not to venture off-piste.