Winter is coming

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Winter is coming ,

the first gentle snows of autumn have been and gone. The northern slopes of the highest peaks are now clad in their winter whites. Winter is coming, our central heating is on!  The fire in reception is lit, evenings are spent sipping rum laced tea in front of its warm glow . Winter is coming that is an unstoppable reality but what sort of winter is coming the gods only know!

I have been working winter seasons since 1995 I have seen the bad ones when the snow came late and left early, I seen the epic ones where weather systems cycled through relentlessly dumping pow week in week out. I’ve had winters with bookings so bad I’ve had to pay the wages out of my savings and winters so good I’ve not know what to do with all the profit.

12 months ago I thought I had seen everything winter tourism could throw at you. How wrong I was. Winter is coming a winter like no other!

Globally winter 2020/21 currently looks like the worst season in history. Chalet bookings are almost non existent, tour operators have slashed their forecasts and cancelled vast numbers of hotels, resorts and countries. Air lines are 60% down and those numbers are just getting worse and worse.smiley-face

Winter is coming !

For those of us who live here and those of you who are planning on coming to live here this is going to be epic!

Numbers are down! We will have the resort to ourselves. Finally my dreams have come true I have my own private ski resort!

Co-workers and Co-livers mean Bansko is full of really cool people living here for the season. Even if they close the lifts we can still go ski touring, winter mountaineering and back country skiing.

Finally I live in a ski resort and I will not be working 18 hours a day!  Winter is coming YAY!

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Working hours from 9th of November until 15th of December

Avalon will be open for drinks and events,

4pm to 8pm Monday to Friday pre season.

We will be complying with local Covid measures so numbers will be limited.

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