Pic Musala (2.925m) des de Borovets, sostre dels Balcans (Parc Nacional de Rila, Bulgària)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.94 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,530 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 5,915 ft
- Max elevation
- 9,577 ft
- TrailRank
- 54
- Min elevation
- 4,353 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 56 minutes
- Coordinates
- 8767
- Uploaded
- April 8, 2024
- Recorded
- March 2024
near Borovets, Софийска област (България)
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Ascent to the 2,925m Musala peak, the roof of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria and within the Rila National Park, the largest in the country (http://rilanationalpark.bg/en/). Rila comes from the word "roula" in the Thracian language, and means "a lot of water" (there are many lakes and rivers in the park). The name of the peak comes from "Mus Allah", the mountain of Allah (or God), although its old name before the Ottoman Islamic occupation was "Tangra". It is an easily accessible peak from the ski resort of Borovets, which is 70 km (1h 15' by car) from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The ascent begins at the upper station of the "Gondola Yastrebetz" cable car (which leaves from 1,315m), for this purpose we must buy the return pass that allows you to go up (and down if you want) to the station higher than 2,369m (there are almost 5km of travel and 1,054 meters of ascent, 25 minutes). The ski pass costs 36 leva (Bulgarian currency) which is equivalent to around 18 euros.
It is advisable to arrive early and take the first cable car that leaves at 08:30, then long queues form, especially on weekends. If we arrive early we can park right in front of the cable car (12 leva=6 euros all day), there is no free parking at the base of the station, we will have to park on the outskirts of Borovets or in the parking lot of a hotel if we are staying there (although it is much cheaper to stay in Samokov, 10 km away). It is advisable to check that the ski resort is open to the public if we want to go up with the cable car, mainly at the end of the season. The descent from the summit can be made to the base of the station by the "Musala Pathway", it is 1,800 meters of descent. This path leaves from the top of the station and goes down a forest track through the middle of the forest. At the end of the season the track is usually closed if there is a lack of snow in the lower parts. You can check its status on the station's website:
https://www.skiborovets.bg/
https://skiborovets.bg/blog/
If the "Musala Pathway" is closed due to little snow, we will have to go up about 250 meters to the upper station of the cable car and go down again with it.
ITINERARY:
From the upper station we will ski down a track to the bottom of the valley, right at the point where there is the base of a chairlift and where the "Musala Pathway" begins, we will put on skins and start the ascent (if we don't want lose height there is also the option of making a long detour from the chairlift along the mountainside, crossing the chairlifts and the slopes, and going straight to the refuge: https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-esqui-de -mountain/rila-mt-yastrebetz-2369m-musala-2925m-musala-pathway-22836210). Following my track we will go up a section along the ski slopes until we turn left along a flat path that takes us to the Musala refuge, an area where there are several buildings. We cross Lake Musalenski and put on a shovel and a tube where we zigzag to gain the slope to a pass with Lake Alekovo below. We turn left and climb a rocky section to a pass where we have a small hill in front of us, climb it and go down or flank it to the left if there is snow. We make a long diagonal along the side of the mountain, we go up and we reach the Everest or Ledeno Ezero shelter (Lake Ledenovo is next to it).
A little above the refuge (a hundred meters) we leave the skis and begin the last climb to the top along a ridge equipped with a thick cable, in the form of a "via ferrata". It is an aerial section where it is recommended to wear crampons, and where the ascent is somewhat difficult, although if there is a track made and it is not icy it is not very complicated. We reach the top after a total of 800 meters of ascent (about 2-3 hours from the cable car). At the top there are several facilities (antennas, a research center, etc.) which obscure the summit a bit, but if the day is clear there are fantastic views of the massifs and national parks of Rila and Pirin and Mount Rodoni (further south).
From the top or halfway up, if we have a level (pendent pronounced) and the new one is allowed, we can go down directly to the shelter. But the descent on the mateixa route, at the end of the slope over the shelter and on the mateix bidding road with the skis, has some variation to take us to some small ramp, at the end of the cable car route on we have landed on the pells. at the beginning of the climbs. There continue down the "Musala Pathway" if there are good conditions and the track is open. Otherwise, we will take you back to find the cable car (30 minutes). If we go down the station bottom we will arrive at the center of Borovets, there is the option of detouring on a crossroads to the left, creating the road, and going down the cable car line to the parking lot, But we have to cross the central street of Borovets to the end of the parking lot (5 minutes).
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Ascension to the 2,925m Musala peak, the roof of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria and within the Rila National Park, the largest in the country (http://rilanationalpark.bg/en/). Rila comes from the word "roula" in the Thracian language, and means "a lot of water" (there are many lakes and rivers in the park). The name of the summit comes from "Mus Allah", the mountain of Allah (or God), although its ancient name before the Ottoman Islamic occupation was "Tangra". It is a peak that is easily accessible from the Borovets ski resort, which is located 70km (1h 15' by car) from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The ascent begins at the upper station of the "Gondola Yastrebetz" cable car (which rises from 1,315m at its base), for this purpose we must buy the round-trip pass that allows us to go up (and down if we want) to the upper station at 2,369m. m (there are almost 5km of travel and 1,054 meters of ascent, it takes 25 minutes). The ski pass costs 36 leva (Bulgarian currency) which is equivalent to about 18 euros.
It is advisable to arrive early and take the first cable car that leaves at 8:30 a.m. Afterwards, long lines form, especially on weekends. If we arrive early we can park in front of the cable car (parking 12 leva = 6 euros all day), there is no free parking at the base of the station, we should park on the outskirts of Borovets or in the parking lot of a hotel if we are staying ( although it is much cheaper to stay in Samokov, 10 km away). It is advisable to check that the ski resort is open to the public if we want to take the gondola, especially at the end of the season. The descent from the top can be done to the base of the station along the Musala Pathway, it is a 1,800 meter descent. This path leaves from the top of the station and goes down a forest track in the middle of the forest. At the end of the season the track is usually closed if there is a lack of snow in the lower parts. You can check its status on the station's website:
https://www.skiborovets.bg/
https://skiborovets.bg/blog/
If the "Musala Pathway" is closed due to little snow, we will have to climb about 250 meters of altitude to the upper station of the cable car and go back down with it.
ITINERARY:
From the upper station we will ski down a track to the bottom of the valley, right at the point where the base of a chairlift is located and where the "Musala Pathway" begins. There we will put on skins and begin the ascent (if we do not want to lose altitude, there is also the option of making a long flank from the cable car along the side of the mountain, crossing the chairlifts and the slopes, and going directly to the refuge: https://es .wikiloc.com/routes -ski-mountain/rila-mt-yastrebetz-2369m-musala-2925m-musala-pathway-22836210). If we follow this track we will go up a section along the ski slopes until we turn left onto a flat path that leads us to the Musala refuge, an area where there are several buildings. We cross Lake Musalenski and climb a shovel and a tube where we zigzag to gain the slope until a hill where we see Lake Alekovo below. We turn left and climb a rocky section to a hill where we have a small hill ahead, we climb it and go down or flank it on the left if there is snow. We make a long diagonal along the slope of the mountain, we go up and we arrive at the Everest or Ledenovo Ezero refuge (there is Lake Ledenovo next door).
A little above the refuge (a hundred meters) we left the skis and began the last climb to the top along an ridge equipped with a thick cable, like a "via ferrata". It is an aerial section where it is advisable to wear crampons, and where the ascent is somewhat difficult, although if the route is made and it is not icy it is not very complicated. We reached the top after about 800 total meters of ascent (about 2-3 hours from the gondola). At the top there are various facilities (antennas, a research centre, etc.) which make the top a little dull, but if the day is clear there are fantastic views of the Rila and Pirin massifs and national parks and of Mount Rodoni (more on the south).
From the top or mid-ridge, if we have enough level (steep slope) and the snow allows it, we can go down directly to the shelter. Otherwise we do the descent along the same route, on foot along the ridge to the refuge and with skis along the same path up with some variation to avoid a small ramp, to the foot of the chairlift where we had placed the skins at the beginning of the ascent. . There we continue down the "Musala Pathway" if there are good conditions and the track is open. Otherwise, we went back up the slopes where we had gone down to look for the cable car (30 minutes). If we go down to the bottom of the station we will reach the center of Borovets, there is the option to turn off at a junction to the left, cross the road, and go down below the cable car line to the parking lot, otherwise we will have to cross the central street of Borovets. Borovets on foot to the parking lot (5 minutes).
Ascent to the 2,925m Musala peak, the roof of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria and within the Rila National Park, the largest in the country (http://rilanationalpark.bg/en/). Rila comes from the word "roula" in the Thracian language, and means "a lot of water" (there are many lakes and rivers in the park). The name of the peak comes from "Mus Allah", the mountain of Allah (or God), although its old name before the Ottoman Islamic occupation was "Tangra". It is an easily accessible peak from the ski resort of Borovets, which is 70 km (1h 15' by car) from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The ascent begins at the upper station of the "Gondola Yastrebetz" cable car (which leaves from 1,315m), for this purpose we must buy the return pass that allows you to go up (and down if you want) to the station higher than 2,369m (there are almost 5km of travel and 1,054 meters of ascent, 25 minutes). The ski pass costs 36 leva (Bulgarian currency) which is equivalent to around 18 euros.
It is advisable to arrive early and take the first cable car that leaves at 08:30, then long queues form, especially on weekends. If we arrive early we can park right in front of the cable car (12 leva=6 euros all day), there is no free parking at the base of the station, we will have to park on the outskirts of Borovets or in the parking lot of a hotel if we are staying there (although it is much cheaper to stay in Samokov, 10 km away). It is advisable to check that the ski resort is open to the public if we want to go up with the cable car, mainly at the end of the season. The descent from the summit can be made to the base of the station by the "Musala Pathway", it is 1,800 meters of descent. This path leaves from the top of the station and goes down a forest track through the middle of the forest. At the end of the season the track is usually closed if there is a lack of snow in the lower parts. You can check its status on the station's website:
https://www.skiborovets.bg/
https://skiborovets.bg/blog/
If the "Musala Pathway" is closed due to little snow, we will have to go up about 250 meters to the upper station of the cable car and go down again with it.
ITINERARY:
From the upper station we will ski down a track to the bottom of the valley, right at the point where there is the base of a chairlift and where the "Musala Pathway" begins, we will put on skins and start the ascent (if we don't want lose height there is also the option of making a long detour from the chairlift along the mountainside, crossing the chairlifts and the slopes, and going straight to the refuge: https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-esqui-de -mountain/rila-mt-yastrebetz-2369m-musala-2925m-musala-pathway-22836210). Following my track we will go up a section along the ski slopes until we turn left along a flat path that takes us to the Musala refuge, an area where there are several buildings. We cross Lake Musalenski and put on a shovel and a tube where we zigzag to gain the slope to a pass with Lake Alekovo below. We turn left and climb a rocky section to a pass where we have a small hill in front of us, climb it and go down or flank it to the left if there is snow. We make a long diagonal along the side of the mountain, we go up and we reach the Everest or Ledeno Ezero shelter (Lake Ledenovo is next to it).
A little above the refuge (a hundred meters) we leave the skis and begin the last climb to the top along a ridge equipped with a thick cable, in the form of a "via ferrata". It is an aerial section where it is recommended to wear crampons, and where the ascent is somewhat difficult, although if there is a track made and it is not icy it is not very complicated. We reach the top after a total of 800 meters of ascent (about 2-3 hours from the cable car). At the top there are several facilities (antennas, a research center, etc.) which obscure the summit a bit, but if the day is clear there are fantastic views of the massifs and national parks of Rila and Pirin and Mount Rodoni (further south).
From the top or halfway up, if we have a level (pendent pronounced) and the new one is allowed, we can go down directly to the shelter. But the descent on the mateixa route, at the end of the slope over the shelter and on the mateix bidding road with the skis, has some variation to take us to some small ramp, at the end of the cable car route on we have landed on the pells. at the beginning of the climbs. There continue down the "Musala Pathway" if there are good conditions and the track is open. Otherwise, we will take you back to find the cable car (30 minutes). If we go down the station bottom we will arrive at the center of Borovets, there is the option of detouring on a crossroads to the left, creating the road, and going down the cable car line to the parking lot, But we have to cross the central street of Borovets to the end of the parking lot (5 minutes).
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Ascension to the 2,925m Musala peak, the roof of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria and within the Rila National Park, the largest in the country (http://rilanationalpark.bg/en/). Rila comes from the word "roula" in the Thracian language, and means "a lot of water" (there are many lakes and rivers in the park). The name of the summit comes from "Mus Allah", the mountain of Allah (or God), although its ancient name before the Ottoman Islamic occupation was "Tangra". It is a peak that is easily accessible from the Borovets ski resort, which is located 70km (1h 15' by car) from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The ascent begins at the upper station of the "Gondola Yastrebetz" cable car (which rises from 1,315m at its base), for this purpose we must buy the round-trip pass that allows us to go up (and down if we want) to the upper station at 2,369m. m (there are almost 5km of travel and 1,054 meters of ascent, it takes 25 minutes). The ski pass costs 36 leva (Bulgarian currency) which is equivalent to about 18 euros.
It is advisable to arrive early and take the first cable car that leaves at 8:30 a.m. Afterwards, long lines form, especially on weekends. If we arrive early we can park in front of the cable car (parking 12 leva = 6 euros all day), there is no free parking at the base of the station, we should park on the outskirts of Borovets or in the parking lot of a hotel if we are staying ( although it is much cheaper to stay in Samokov, 10 km away). It is advisable to check that the ski resort is open to the public if we want to take the gondola, especially at the end of the season. The descent from the top can be done to the base of the station along the Musala Pathway, it is a 1,800 meter descent. This path leaves from the top of the station and goes down a forest track in the middle of the forest. At the end of the season the track is usually closed if there is a lack of snow in the lower parts. You can check its status on the station's website:
https://www.skiborovets.bg/
https://skiborovets.bg/blog/
If the "Musala Pathway" is closed due to little snow, we will have to climb about 250 meters of altitude to the upper station of the cable car and go back down with it.
ITINERARY:
From the upper station we will ski down a track to the bottom of the valley, right at the point where the base of a chairlift is located and where the "Musala Pathway" begins. There we will put on skins and begin the ascent (if we do not want to lose altitude, there is also the option of making a long flank from the cable car along the side of the mountain, crossing the chairlifts and the slopes, and going directly to the refuge: https://es .wikiloc.com/routes -ski-mountain/rila-mt-yastrebetz-2369m-musala-2925m-musala-pathway-22836210). If we follow this track we will go up a section along the ski slopes until we turn left onto a flat path that leads us to the Musala refuge, an area where there are several buildings. We cross Lake Musalenski and climb a shovel and a tube where we zigzag to gain the slope until a hill where we see Lake Alekovo below. We turn left and climb a rocky section to a hill where we have a small hill ahead, we climb it and go down or flank it on the left if there is snow. We make a long diagonal along the slope of the mountain, we go up and we arrive at the Everest or Ledenovo Ezero refuge (there is Lake Ledenovo next door).
A little above the refuge (a hundred meters) we left the skis and began the last climb to the top along an ridge equipped with a thick cable, like a "via ferrata". It is an aerial section where it is advisable to wear crampons, and where the ascent is somewhat difficult, although if the route is made and it is not icy it is not very complicated. We reached the top after about 800 total meters of ascent (about 2-3 hours from the gondola). At the top there are various facilities (antennas, a research centre, etc.) which make the top a little dull, but if the day is clear there are fantastic views of the Rila and Pirin massifs and national parks and of Mount Rodoni (more on the south).
From the top or mid-ridge, if we have enough level (steep slope) and the snow allows it, we can go down directly to the shelter. Otherwise we do the descent along the same route, on foot along the ridge to the refuge and with skis along the same path up with some variation to avoid a small ramp, to the foot of the chairlift where we had placed the skins at the beginning of the ascent. . There we continue down the "Musala Pathway" if there are good conditions and the track is open. Otherwise, we went back up the slopes where we had gone down to look for the cable car (30 minutes). If we go down to the bottom of the station we will reach the center of Borovets, there is the option to turn off at a junction to the left, cross the road, and go down below the cable car line to the parking lot, otherwise we will have to cross the central street of Borovets. Borovets on foot to the parking lot (5 minutes).
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