Trek in Pirin 2021
Trek in Pirin 2021 Normally the summer season starts in earnest around the beginning of June. This year has been very very different. After huge snow falls throughout the season, the coldest spring in 23 years and fresh snow in June the mountains are about a month behind. I was skiing a good line on […]
The Davies peak bagging in National Park Pirin
The Davies peak bagging in National Park Pirin The Davies is a game. Please remember it is just a game! Some people have taken it all waaaay too seriously. There is a small prize when you complete it but more than that it is a wonderful adventure. My friend and Mentor Di Davies have been […]
Summer in the Mountains
Summer in the Mountains 2017 Most people think of Bansko as purely a winter resort. Don’t get me wrong I love the winter months from Christmas to Easter I am one seriously happy bunny. The winter is just 3 or 4 months, for me the other 8 months of the year have their own […]
Rock climbing in Bansko
Rock climbing in Bansko After our little adventure on the north face of Vihren I decided that the time had come to learn to rock climb. There are some things in life that are best learnt in the heat of the moment. Climbing with all its reliance on knots and technique and fatal consequences […]
The Davies, Route 8
The Davies, Route 8 Dzhangal#87 Djangal#87 Option 1 The Davies, Route 8 has two options. Djangal ( I prefer this spelling!) is a mighty peak made of great rock and has over a dozen routes to the summit. We think two should be enough for here! The Davies, Route 8. Option 1. Starting at […]
The Davies, Route 5.
The Davies, Route 5. Pitel #44, Mozgovishki Chukar #45#46#47#49 Mozgovishki Chukar has proved to be one of the hardest routes to put together for The Davies. It isn’t the most technically challenging route or the longest. Those titles probably go to Yalovarnika #55 and Golena #58. But route 4 poses it’s own unique chalenges. […]
72 hours at Tevno
I’ve just come back from 72 hours at Tevno lake and other than the usual aches and pains from 3 longs days hiking I feel like a new man. Tevno is a magical place. At 2512m it is higher than what I consider a mountain but surrounded by mountains giving a secret valley […]
The Davies, Route 4.
The Davies, Route 4. Sivria #78. I take huge pleasure hiking on my own in Pirin . There is a zen like peace, almost meditative state that wandering our hills brings to me. The silence filled with the millions of tiny noises of nature, the stillness punctuated only by the babble of streams and the […]
The Davies, Route 6.
Photo Credits to Alex Trek The Davies, Route 6. Vazella #33, Vasilashki Chukar #34 This is a lovely little walk close to the road head at Vihren hut. The Davies, Route 6 will take you about 5 hours of which 3 hours are on clearly marked main trails. 2 hours of the route is […]
The Davies, Route 3.
The Davies, Route 3. Todorka#37, Sredna Todorka#36, Malka Todorka#35 Life in Pirin has 4 very distinct seasons. Cold snowy winters give way to mild wet springs of lush alpine meadows filled with flowers. The summer is hot and dry with months of relentless sunshine drying out the hills into a uniform khaki brown. The […]
