ALEKO

A SKIING PARADISE
A FEW MINUTES FROM SOFIA

Bright sun, fluffy snow, wonderful ski runs, excellent hotels and cosy mountain chalets - you will find all this in the Vitosha mountain. And in addition you'll have the opportunity to get involved in the spirited cultural life of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, to plunge into town's history of thousand of years, to feel the pulse of its night life.

S K I F A C T S
LONGEST SKI RUN - 5 km
MARKET SKI RUNS - 29 km
SLOPES EXPOSURE - North
HIGHEST SKI POINT - 2290m
HEIGHT OF RESORT - 1800m
CROSS-COUNTRY TRACKS - 15 km

LOCATION
Aleko ski center is situated in the
immediate vicinity of Sofia, on the
Vitosha Mountain, at 1800m above
sea level, on the eastern slopes of
Cherni Vrah (2290 m) which is the
highest Vitosha peak. It's Bulgaria's
highest ski resort, while being only
22 km distant from Sofia's center.
Map of ski runs at Aleko in the Vitosha mountain

PERFECT CLIMATE FOR WINTER SPORTS

Snowing starts in December and is stable till late in the spring. The snow cover reaches a thickness of 1.50 meters. The duration of the skiing season is 120 days while the average temperature of the air during the coldest month, January, is - 6°C.

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