Blagoevgrad · Bulgaria · ski area
Kartala ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Kartala is a ski area in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria with 3.2 km of mapped downhill runs and 1 lift, between 1,438 m and 2,244 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 3.2 km
- Lifts
- 1
- Top elevation
- 2,244 m
- Vertical drop
- 806 m
- Nearest airport
- SOF · 74 km
Slopes by difficulty
1 run mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 1 Gondolas
Kartala is a ski area in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Its 1 mapped downhill run add up to 3.2 km, which ranks it #9 of 12 ski areas in Bulgaria and gives it 2.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 3,230 m long.
Slopes at Kartala
About 0% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 0% intermediate and 100% advanced or expert, which makes Kartala best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 1 lift: 1 gondola. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,438 m up to 2,244 m, a vertical drop of 806 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Kartala
The nearest airport is Sofia Airport (SOF), about 74 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 36 min by car; Plovdiv International Airport (PDV) is 123 km away. Nearby ski areas include Semkovo (4.5 km), Malyovista (4.1 km), Panichishte (2.3 km) and Bansko (34.2 km), which together add 92 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Kartala
- 1 SOF74 kmstraight line
- 2 PDV123 kmstraight line
- 3Skopje International AirportSKP144 kmstraight line
Ilinden, North Macedonia
Airports in North MacedoniaTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 4Kavala Alexander the Great International AirportKVA163 kmstraight line
Kavala, Greece
Airports in GreeceTransfers & Meet & Greet →
Nearby
Ski resorts near Kartala
- 15 kmSemkovo4.5 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,771 m
- 20 kmMalyovista4.1 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,973 m
- 23 kmPanichishte2.3 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,091 m
- 29 kmBansko34 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 2,515 m
- 30 kmBorovets43 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,537 m
- 35 kmDobrinishte4.1 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,225 m
- 61 kmVitosha15 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,245 m
- 83 kmPonikvaNorth Macedonia1.1 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,628 m
- 88 kmΧιονοδρομικό Κέντρο Λαϊλιά, Lailias Ski CentreGreece1.2 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,826 m
- 110 kmZdravets, писта х. "Здравец" - голяма1.0 km of slopes · up to 1,338 m
- 110 kmписта х. "Здравец" - малка0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,256 m
- 115 kmЧепеларе, Tschepelare, Chepelare, Tchepelare, Čepelare, Cepelare12 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,871 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.