Skiing in Turkey
Turkey’s main ski centers:
Uludag (Bursa): Reachable by cable car or road from this interesting city only 1-1/2 hours south of Istanbul by ferry and bus, the ski center is at 2453 meters (8000 feet), with nearly twenty hotels and lodges. Very popular.
Kartalkaya (Bolu): 40 kilometers south of Bolu off the Istanbul-Ankara expressway, the slopes at 2221 meters’ (7300 feet) altitude are popular with sportif skiers who crowd in on weekends.
Ilgaz (Kastamonu): 250 north of Ankara in Kastamonu province, the ski center is at 2000 meters (6600 feet).
Sarikamis (Kars): Fly from Istanbul or Ankara to Erzurum or Kars and take a short drive to Sarikamis at 2120 meters (7000 feet). The powder is good, but hotels are few and fairly basic.
Palandöken (Erzurum): On the outskirts of Erzurum, this is Turkey’s coldest and highest (3150 meters/ 10,300 feet), with good hotels, good conditions, good facilities, and plenty of snow.
