Balgarianovinite.com On January 10, 1954, the first ski lift in Bulgaria was opened near the Aleko Hut in Vitosha Mountain (Western Bulgaria). Thanks to this facility, the country saw the beginning of mechanized ski ascents in the Bulgarian mountains.
The lift was 700 metres long, and the difference in altitude between the starting and ending points was 226 metres. It had 33 seats, each of which travelled the entire length in 8 minutes. Over 120 people could be transported on the ski lift in one hour, the authorities annnounced.
The grand opening was attended by representatives of the municipality, the sports federation, and many skiers and mountaineers.
A year later, the ski lift near the Aleko Hut was connected to the village of Dragalevtsi (today’s Dragalevtski borough in Sofia), which marked the opening of Bulgaria’s first passenger cable car line. January 10, 1954: Bulgaria’s First Ski Lift Unveiled in Vitosha Mountain 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-10 08:54:13 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law