Mount Musala
2010, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Musala welcome climbers all year round. This mountain has snow cap for about 260 days in a year. Snow free months are August, September and October.
Mountaineering
Musala is the highest peak in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula (Europe), standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft). The summit of the Rila mountain in southwestern Bulgaria, Musala is the highest peak between the Alps and the Caucasus and the highest in Eastern Europe bar the Caucasus.The average annual temperature is -2.9 Celsius , February - 12.0, August -5.4, and absolute minimum temp of -31.2 Celsius. An average of 254 days of the year Musala is covered with snow. Prevailing winds are blowing from northwest.winds.
