Pirin Crossing 2016

The Pirin consists geologically of three parts – from northwest to southeast:

- in the northwest first a limestone mountain range – this is where the highest peaks of the Pirin are, with Vichren (2,914 m) as the highest point.

- the central Pirin consists mainly of gneiss

- and towards the south there are then strongly sandy and gravelly conglomerates

Accordingly, the water balance and vegetation change considerably – this is easy to observe when hiking through the mountains with open eyes.

Our route this time starts and ends in Bansko, the ski resort on the northern edge of the Pirin. Our route describes an S-curve through the northern half of the mountain range. We start directly in Bansko – at the end we arrive at the Bezbog hut. From there it goes down by cable car to the Gotse Delchev hut and back to Bansko by taxi.