Lifts
All ski lifts are open 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. Each lift closes for technical checks and maintenance for half a day each week and for 1 full day each month, see local signs for dates and times for each lift.
Borovets Lifts
| Ski Run/Lift | Type | Length (m) | Elevation (m) |
| Gondola Yastrebets | Gondola | 4827 | 1054 |
| Yastrebetz Express | 4-seat | 1786 | 439 |
| Sitnyakovo Express | 4-seat | 2050 | 609 |
| Markudjik 2 | 4-seat | 950 | 342 |
| Martinovi Baraki | 4-seat | 1209 | 313 |
| Markujik 3 | Drag | 1031 | 366 |
| Markujik 1 | Drag | 903 | 223 |
| Markujik 0 - beginners piste | Drag | 500 | 42 |
| Sitnyakovo | Drag | 280 | 70 |
| Rila | Drag | 180 | 33 |
| Iglika | Drag | 196 | 50 |
| Rotata | Drag | 500 | 54 |
The lift infrastructure of the resort is very well developed by drag lifts, baby tows, seat chain lifts, plus a gondola lift. 1 six-seat Gondola lift, 2 High Speed Quad Chair lifts, 1 Fixed Grip Quad Chair lift, 10 Surface ski lifts and 9 tow lifts. As for the 6 persons gondola lift, it takes you to the Yastrebets peak on 2363 m above sea level. The difference in altitude is approx. 1046 m and length of route is 4827 m. The gondola lift has a capacity of 1200 persons per hour. The journey takes around 20 minutes. The total capacity of all tow lifts of Borovets is 8150 persons per hour.
A recently completed 200-meter carpet lift takes the skiers from ski center Markudjik to the upper station of the gondola lift "Yastrebetz"; and the widened 10 km long Musala Pathway provides an easy way to return to the resort.
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