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With its enormous height (5,137 m), the legendary, old volcano, Mt of Noah or Mt Ararat stand on the eastern edge of Turkey. On the top, surrounding with Armenia and Iran, distance view is breathtaking!
If the weather is good you can see even Georgia and Caucasus peaks which in spring the wheather mostly clear. Snowy steep slopes take you to the icy plateau of Mt Ararat first, then to the summit and you have the opportunity to ski downhill very long between slops and valleys. Usually snow level start around 2700 meter in April and May. Mt Ararat is counted as the beginning mountain of high ski mountains even though it may be not easy to climb. Average steepness is 35 degree and maximum ascent is 1600 mt. When you ski on Mt Ararat you can experience ranging snow conditions in one tour. On upper parts strong winds prevail and you may see bruchharsch snow ( German org. word meaning hard crust which collapses upon load ), but it is not unusual to see firn snow too. There is something take sure with Mt. Ararat tour the expectation of a ski climber are fullfilled. In addition to the SKITOURING on Mount Ararat you will find more Ski tour program in other regions of Turkey.
We have started Ski tours on Mount Ararat and after Mt Ararat, we have carried it to Erzurum and Erzincan mountains in the east Turkey, |