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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.

Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for Turkey

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 7 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(3060m — 5163m)

snow report 13 days ago

2.0 cm
14 days ago
5.0
2.0
part cloud light snow snow showers clear clear clear clear
Mid station 4112 m
3050m 2300m 2000m 2050m 2050m 2000m 2150m

(177m — 1676m)

2.0 cm
on 14 Apr
rain showers rain showers part cloud cloud part cloud clear cloud
Mid station 926 m
2200m 1800m 1750m 2000m 2250m 2450m 2400m

(1993m — 2524m)

2.0 cm
32 days ago
6.0
1.0
light rain light snow light snow clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2258 m
2550m 2150m 1500m 1250m 950m 850m 1050m

(1400m — 1699m)

3.0 cm
on 14 Apr
part cloud light rain clear part cloud clear clear clear
Mid station 1550 m
2550m 2300m 2100m 2050m 2250m 2250m 2350m

(1527m — 2156m)

3.0 cm
on 12 Apr
1.0
snow showers part cloud clear clear clear mod rain cloud
Mid station 1842 m
2050m 1950m 2350m 2500m 2500m 2400m 2400m

(1735m — 2150m)

3.0 cm
on 12 Apr
24.0
rain showers clear clear part cloud clear cloud rain showers
Mid station 1942 m
2200m 2100m 2350m 2550m 2550m 2450m 2300m

(1809m — 2418m)

5 cm
54 days ago
1.0
8.0
15.0
snow showers clear clear cloud clear mod rain cloud
Mid station 2114 m
2150m 2100m 2500m 2600m 2500m 2200m 2300m

(1825m — 1980m)

1.0 cm
50 days ago
5.0
cloud part cloud clear clear clear clear part cloud
Mid station 1902 m
1950m 1950m 1900m 2100m 2250m 2400m 2350m

(2001m — 3001m)

snow report 15 days ago

3.0 cm
15 days ago
8.0
1.0
light snow snow showers part cloud part cloud clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2501 m
2150m 2000m 1900m 2200m 2450m 2500m 2500m

(1740m — 2970m)

snow report 14 days ago

7 cm
15 days ago
8.0
4.0
light snow snow showers clear part cloud clear clear cloud
Mid station 2355 m
2250m 1950m 1650m 1650m 1900m 1900m 2100m

(1899m — 2499m)

snow report 5 days ago

9 cm
5 days ago
7.0
7.0
light snow part cloud clear part cloud part cloud clear part cloud
Mid station 2199 m
2300m 2100m 2200m 2500m 2550m 2500m 2650m

(1859m — 2225m)

4 cm
33 days ago
7.0
1.0
cloud snow showers part cloud clear clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2042 m
1850m 1700m 1750m 2000m 2200m 2400m 2300m

(1300m — 1699m)

2.0 cm
50 days ago
1.0
rain showers snow showers part cloud clear clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1500 m
1950m 1750m 1800m 2200m 2350m 2550m 2350m

(1600m — 2034m)

1.0 cm
50 days ago
5.0
cloud light snow part cloud part cloud cloud part cloud cloud
Mid station 1817 m
2050m 1650m 1600m 1850m 2100m 2250m 2300m

(2100m — 3100m)

snow report 14 days ago

1.0 cm
14 days ago
3.0
3.0
light snow light snow part cloud part cloud clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2600 m
2450m 2100m 1850m 1600m 1550m 1550m 1800m

(1050m — 3340m)

snow report 14 days ago

1.0 cm
15 days ago
11.0
2.0
light rain light snow light snow part cloud clear clear clear
Mid station 2195 m
2450m 1900m 1750m 1550m 1850m 1900m 2050m

(1999m — 2399m)

2.0 cm
on 1 May
1.0
1.0
77.0
snow showers clear clear part cloud clear cloud part cloud
Mid station 2199 m
2300m 2250m 2550m 2650m 2500m 2500m 2400m

(2098m — 2632m)

1.0 cm
32 days ago
1.0
3.0
light rain light snow cloud clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2365 m
2550m 2050m 1900m 1650m 1700m 1550m 1850m

(1399m — 2799m)

8 cm
32 days ago
41.0
1.0
light rain mod snow light snow clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2099 m
2550m 2050m 1600m 1450m 1450m 1500m 1700m

(1199m — 2699m)

6 cm
32 days ago
10.0
light rain light snow light snow part cloud clear clear part cloud
Mid station 1949 m
2550m 1950m 1800m 1700m 2100m 2200m 2350m

(1767m — 2322m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
7 days ago
3.0
1.0
2.0
light snow snow showers part cloud clear clear part cloud cloud
Mid station 2044 m
1900m 1700m 1900m 2300m 2450m 2400m 2350m

(1130m — 2300m)

snow report 15 days ago

7 cm
15 days ago
light rain clear clear clear part cloud clear part cloud
Mid station 1715 m
2200m 2200m 2250m 2450m 2500m 2450m 2550m

(1740m — 2335m)

snow report 15 days ago

4 cm
15 days ago
4.0
light snow light snow part cloud part cloud clear clear light snow
Mid station 2038 m
2150m 1900m 1800m 2000m 2150m 2100m 2250m

(2051m — 2251m)

snow report 14 days ago

6 cm
15 days ago
5.0
3.0
light snow snow showers light snow part cloud clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2151 m
2300m 1950m 1750m 1750m 1950m 2050m 2150m