Borovets opens Summer season with its new Mountain Bike Park

Lyudmila Racheva, VisitBulgaria.net

The official opening of the new summer season in Borovets mountain resort will take place on 19 June 2010. This summer Borosport has a lot of surprises for the mountain lovers.

The newest attraction in the resort is Borovets mountain bike park with 20 km long marked trails through the forest with varying degrees of difficulty.

The green trails are appropriate for children and beginners. The blue trails are for intermediate mountain bikers – they are ideal for improving one's skills, and prepare for riding the red routes. Experts can try the most difficult red trails.

Borovets mountain bike park's pride is the downhill slope. It is 2200 m in length, and has a 400 m vertical declination. The extreme downhill slope is only for professionals.


The park will be serviced by the Sitnyakovo express lift over the course of the summer season. The bikers will be at the start point in 5 minutes and the price of the daily passes will be 20 BGN (10 EUR).

Borovets resort is situated in Rila mountain on 1350 m above the sea level. One of the advantages of Borovets mountain bike park is that it is easy accessible – Borovets is situated about 70 km away from Sofia.
Another advantage is that Borovets mountain bike park combines beautiful nature with excellent terrain for mountain biking routes.