TOUR ITINERARY

1st day: light over Istanbul to Erzincan
Arrival in Erzincan, 20 min. Transfer to the city center to the Hotel Eriza. Overnight stay.

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2nd day: Ski tour Ski tour to Bakirli mountain (3,050 m)
45 min drive to Tatlisu village. From here it goes through a canyon, then across wide slopes to the summit of Bakirli Dagi. The ascent begins at 1,400 m. The descent follows the same route. The descent is about 8 km.

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3rd day: Ski tour to Kalecik Mountain (3,070 m)
1 hour drive to the village of Kalecik. At the end of the village, the ascent leads through a narrow valley. Then the valley opens and the ascent leads first flat, then steeply up to one of the numerous peaks of the mountain at 3,070 m. The descent follows the same route.

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4th day: Ski tour to Kazankaya Mountain (2,700 m) and further to Mt. Ergan (3,230 m)
The drive to the village takes 1 hour. Mount Kazankaya is climbed first (2,700 m). Depending on the weather conditions, there is the possibility to continue to Mount Ergan (3,230 m). Then the descent from Berg Ergan to the ski center of Erzincan. Length of the descent about 8 km.

5th day: Change of location, drive via Erzurum to Yaylalar
With the transfer bus 180 km along the former silk road to Erzurum. It is the largest city in the east of Turkey and is just under 1,900 m high, making it the highest city in Turkey. In the city we visit an old madrasah, the great mosque from the Ottoman period (17th century). Afterwards, after a lunch together, 4 hours drive through the mountain landscape over the Coruh valley to the village of Yaylalar (location 1,930 m) to the Camyuva pension.

6th day: Ski tour to the Yüncüler Pass (3,140 m)
Depending on the snow conditions, the ski tours usually start directly from the pension. The first ski tour starts near the village of Olgunlar (last settlement before the mountains, lies at 2,100 m) and climbs continuously through a valley to the long Güngörmez mountain range. Arrived on the Yüncüler Pass, one of the numerous summits is quickly climbed, from which there is a great panorama. The highest point of the climb is 3,140 m. The descent follows the same route, mostly to the village of Yaylalar. The length of the descent is over 7 km.

7th day: Lanetleme Pass (3,225 m)
It starts again from the village of Olgunlar. Along a slope it goes up over the Döbe Alm up to the Lanetleme Pass at 3,225 m. The descent follows the same valley down to the small settlement of Olgunlar. The length of the descent is about 8 km, if the conditions are right, just under 10 km.

8th day: Güngörmez Mountains (2,995 m)
Immediately from the guesthouse, above the village, the ascent through a pine forest to a notch, then along a valley slope to one of the numerous peaks of the Güngörmez chain at 2,995 m. The descent follows a different route, through a partially narrow valley down to the village of Yaylalar. The length of the descent is about 5 km.

9th day: Güngörmez Mountains (3,000 m)
The last ski tour starts at the pension. At the edge of the village it goes into the forest where the steep climb begins. After the forest, you go back to an altitude of 2,990 m on one of the numerous peaks of the Güngörmez chain (which are part of the Kackar Mountains). The ascent ends at 3,000 m (higher depending on the conditions). The descent takes place partly through a narrow channel, partly through the forest down into the Coruh valley, below the village of Yaylalar, to which a slope descent leads through the forest. The length of the descent is about 5 km.

10th day: journey home
4 hours drive to Erzurum to the airport, flight home.