One chair-lift, one drag-lift, and a whole mountain for you. Practicing freeride

Around The Rila Lakes hut in Rila mountain there is a heaven place for freeride skiers and snowboarders. I like ski touring very much but you definitely can't become good skier by climbing for hours and descending for less than 30 minutes. It was even hard in the beginning to get used to my new wide skis and I was falling all the time, which was spoiling the experience. More practice is needed of course. They are not at all suitable for on-piste skiing and fortunately we have a perfect spot. It is one of the most inexpensive ski resort. Even though it is not exactly right to name it "ski resort". On their website they describe some possible descending routes but warn that these routes are not ski pistes and skiing and snowboarding there is a personal choice and it is on your own responsibility. One drag-lift takes you high and from that place there are unlimited possibilities for descending. The best time is after falling of new snowfall when there are no other traces. There aren't almost any people during the week. They even started the drag-lift only for us (3 persons) once. The place is simply gorgeous - no people around, no queues, amazing nature, and skiing till you can't move your legs anymore. These are my photos from two different days skiing there.

This is all for you.. Who needs pistes..

The Rila Lakes hut

Recovery time.

My friend is so happy that he did not fall :D