Off the beaten path

Now, we don’t know if these were the exact words that came out of Burton CEO Donna Carpenter’s mouth, but this is the gist of what she asked fifteen women last winter.

Thrilling? Yes. Once in a lifetime? For sure. But visiting Bulgaria wouldn’t be like a trip to Disney World. When people talk about snowboarding in Europe, one of the locations that usually slips under the radar is Bansko, the Bulgarian resort in question. Home to bears, wolves, and more, the wild mountains of Bansko are untamed… which happens to make them an amazing place to go backcountry snowboarding. Countless turns, hours of dancing, and one (briefly) missing person later, we can confirm it was the trip of a lifetime. (More on that missing person later.)