YOU CAN SEE OUR GALLERY 1 and GALLERY 2 FROM SKI MARATHON "Pamporovo 2005"

ORGANISERS: Association "Marathon 96" - Sofia, Bulgaria and Bulgarian Federation Ski, under the patronage and with personal participation of His Excellency Mr. Bertil Rut, Ambassador of Sweden in Bulgaria.

Balkan ski marathon will be held for the 10-th time on March 06-th, 2005. The competition is organized with and supported by Association "Marathon 96" - Sofia and "Bulgarian Federation Ski".

The event will take place in the resort "Pamporovo" which is located around 80 km South of the major city Plovdiv and about 230 km South-East of Sofia. This resort is one of the most famous and beautiful resorts in Bulgaria.

Organisers invite representatives from other countries. Organisers will pay the costs of hotel and food starting the afternoon of March 05-th through to noon on March 06-th. If participiants from one country are more than four, the additional people will need to pay their own expenses. These are around $ 22 US per day for hotel and meals.

Organisers also provide free transportation from Sofia to Pamporovo for all participiants. The bus wiil start form Sofia at 9.30 a.m. on March 05-th form the parking at "Vasil Levski" stadium. The return trip will be on March 06-th from the parking at hotel Perelik (Pamporovo) immediately after the prize giving ceremony.

Race Information
The race will start and finish at the winter stadium in Pamporovo resort.
The length of the racing track is 25 km. There will be a 50 km ski marathon race, a shorter 30 km race for men, women, junior, veterans over 40 and 10 km for veterans over 50 years old. Also will have a 13.5 km mass race for everyone.
In each race all participiants will start at the same time and all events are freestyle.
Prizes will be given to the best 10 in 50 km race and the best three in each of the 30 km races.

Scheme and Profile of the Racing Track

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Download file with profiles and schemes in details of the course from here.

Race program
March 05-th, 2004 - 6.30.00 p.m. - technical conference at Pamporovo resort
March 06-th, 2004 - 9.30 a.m. - mass start of ski marathon and mass ski run (freestyle)
March 06-th, 2004 - 3.00 p.m. - ceremony for prizes and cocktail

All participiants must send writen applications before March 1-st 2005 to:
Bulgaria, Sofia 1309, 2 Kukush str., Siemens building (about ski marathon "Pamporovo 2005")
tel. +359/2/8115261, +359/888/350763, +359/888/936555, fax +359/2/8115224 - Mr. Pankov, Mr. Kazakov

Organisers: Association "Marathon 96" - Sofia, Bulgaria and Bulgarian Federation Ski, under the patronage and with personal participation of His Excellency Mr. Bertil Rut, Ambassador of Sweden in Bulgaria.

You can see more information and results from Balkan Cross-Country Ski Marathon "Pamporovo 2004" at www.skibg.com ! Also You can see photogallery from former ski marathons "Pamporovo" !