Guides
Guides
Ivo Stoikov
Ivo Stoikov has been leading ski touring, hiking, snowshoeing and ice climbing trips for nearly two decades now. During the summer his main activity is hiking trips around the Balkans. In the winter he guides clients in Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, and Georgia mainly for ski touring. High ranges of the world are his big passion and he has been with groups to many countries including India, Nepal, Argentina, Chile, Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan. He has climbed Mont Blanc, Toubkal, Mera peak and Aconcagua.
Languages: English, German, French, Russian and Bulgarian
Stanislav Radkov
Stanislav has been in the mountains since a child. Apart from Bulgarian mountains, he has independent climbings in the Alps, Dolomites, Caucasus, Albania, Monte Negro, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. His ultimate passion for the last 15 years are back-country/ski mountaineering. He’s taken part in several self-organized ski-tours/expedition in the Alps, Norway, Canada, and Alaska. Chief editor of Skiing the Balkans book. In 2017, he decided to turn his hobby into a profession and got a diploma for Mountain leader and further certified as a ski guide. He is a member of Bulgarian Mountain Leaders Association and also a UIMLA member. Instructor in several avalanche courses. Participated as a “safety crew” in many summer and winter mountain competitions.
Languages: English and Bulgarian
Maya Zaharieva
Maya is dedicated to all kind of outdoor activities but mostly skis, snowshoes, wildlife. A nature-lover, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, intuitive, communicative and flexible person with 16 years of mountain guiding experience. Her most distinct passions are adventures and long distance journeys. She has independent climbs in India, Nepal, Kamchatka, Madagascar, Peru and Bolivia.
Languages: French, English, Spanish, Bulgarian
Svetla Stoyanova
Svetla has been living in the Nordic countries for years, mainly in Iceland, but also in Greenland, Northern Norway, and Svalbard. She has experience with multi-day hikes in all seasons, winter camping, and ski and pulka expeditions. Among her favorite treks are the Arctic Circle Trail, Laugavegur, the Haute Route in Norway, and others. She is the only Bulgarian woman to have crossed Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull in Iceland, with skis and pulkas. She has worked as a hut warden in an Icelandic mountain hut, is a member of the Icelandic Search and Rescue team, and guides travelers through the beauties of the North with joy and enthusiasm. In addition to all this, she translates Icelandic literature to her mother tongue and has her own column where she shares stories from the Arctic.
Languages: English, French, Norwegian, Icelandic, Bulgarian
