Ski Turkey

Turkey has the potential to be one of the world’s leading ski nations and its rulers know that, like Russia, China and Iran they are developing new ski areas in the more remote and politically sensitive areas – in Turkey’s case the East of the country in particular – with the aim of driving economic growth and employment in the region.

Because although it is best known to British tourists for its sunshine and beaches, Turkey is in fact a largely mountainous country, with some very high peaks in the East. So the country's 20 or so ski areas offer a very diverse mixture – some are close to the sea so you can combine a beach and snow holiday, some are in areas famous from antiquity with 6000 year old archaeological remains to explore in your après ski hours; others are highly fashionable.

Turkey’s original resort, Uludağ, remains its most fashionable and there are plans to upgrade its fragmented lift system.

Featured in British tour operator brochures in the 1980s and ‘90s, it is only 140km from capital Istanbul it is filled by snow fans from the Turkish capital each weekend in the winter.

However the big success story in Turkish skiing of the past decade has been Mt Palandöken to the East above the ancient city of Erzurum. This installed modern chairlifts and a gondola around 2000 and looked set to make it big in the Western European market thanks to low prices and a big vertical with runs up to 17km long. But then Gulf War 2 began and the Western Corporations pulled out. However Mt Palandöken is now enjoying something of a peace dividend and hosted the University Winter Games – a prestigious global winter sports contest, in 2011.
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Turkey: latest snow conditions round-up

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Turkey. Fresh snow is forecast at 17 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

All resorts

Ski resorts of Turkey, alphabetically

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

(3060m — 5163m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
3.0
3.0
rain showers snow showers light snow light snow clear
Mid station 4112 m
4250m 4100m 3750m 3700m 3800m

(177m — 1676m)

2.0 cm
79 days ago
part cloud rain showers rain showers clear clear
Mid station 926 m
3050m 2900m 3000m 4000m 4350m

(1993m — 2524m)

3.0 cm
49 days ago
light rain light rain light rain light rain rain showers
Mid station 2258 m
3550m 3000m 2900m 3350m 3700m

(1400m — 1699m)

3.0 cm
79 days ago
clear clear clear part cloud clear
Mid station 1550 m
4700m 4400m 4000m 4300m 4300m

(1527m — 2156m)

3.0 cm
81 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1842 m
4100m 4350m 4650m 4700m 4650m

(1735m — 2150m)

3.0 cm
81 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1942 m
4100m 4250m 4400m 4750m 4750m

(1809m — 2418m)

4 cm
81 days ago
clear clear clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2114 m
4200m 4350m 4550m 4750m 4750m

(1825m — 1980m)

1.0 cm
80 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1902 m
3300m 3400m 3550m 4400m 4400m

(2001m — 3001m)

1.0 cm
49 days ago
clear clear part cloud clear clear
Mid station 2501 m
3800m 3350m 3300m 4050m 4450m

(1740m — 2970m)

4 cm
50 days ago
rain showers part cloud rain showers clear clear
Mid station 2355 m
3900m 3150m 2850m 3250m 4100m

(1899m — 2499m)

3.0 cm
79 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2199 m
4100m 3850m 3750m 4350m 4650m

(1859m — 2225m)

1.0 cm
68 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2042 m
3350m 3400m 4000m 4450m 4400m

(1300m — 1699m)

4 cm
81 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1500 m
3600m 3900m 4300m 4600m 4400m

(1600m — 2034m)

4 cm
49 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1817 m
3050m 3050m 3300m 4150m 4300m

(2100m — 3100m)

3.0 cm
49 days ago
thunderstorm light rain rain showers rain showers clear
Mid station 2600 m
3950m 3200m 3000m 3250m 3850m

(1050m — 3340m)

2.0 cm
49 days ago
light rain light rain light rain light rain cloud
Mid station 2195 m
3450m 2900m 2750m 3050m 3650m

(1999m — 2399m)

2.0 cm
62 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2199 m
4150m 4300m 4500m 4750m 4800m

(2098m — 2632m)

2.0 cm
49 days ago
thunderstorm light rain light rain rain showers clear
Mid station 2365 m
3900m 3300m 3150m 3450m 3750m

(1399m — 2799m)

1.0 cm
48 days ago
light rain light rain light rain light rain light rain
Mid station 2099 m
3350m 2850m 2800m 3100m 3650m

(1199m — 2699m)

1.0 cm
49 days ago
light rain light rain light rain light rain rain showers
Mid station 1949 m
3250m 2800m 2750m 3050m 3650m

(1767m — 2322m)

5 cm
81 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2044 m
3850m 4100m 4400m 4650m 4500m

(1130m — 2300m)

8 cm
82 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1715 m
4200m 3800m 3400m 4350m 4750m

(1740m — 2335m)

3.0 cm
49 days ago
clear rain showers light rain clear clear
Mid station 2038 m
3200m 2950m 2800m 3850m 4450m

(2051m — 2251m)

1.0 cm
50 days ago
light rain rain showers light rain light rain clear
Mid station 2151 m
3100m 2800m 2700m 3100m 3900m