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.
read more...

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)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

(3060m — 5163m)

snow report 2 days ago

7 cm
3 days ago
1.0
3.0
part cloud clear snow showers snow showers clear
Mid station 4112 m
4200m 3950m 3650m 3650m 3650m

(177m — 1676m)

2.0 cm
34 days ago
thunderstorm rain showers light rain part cloud clear
Mid station 926 m
2750m 2600m 2700m 2650m 3450m

(1993m — 2524m)

snow report 4 days ago

3.0 cm
4 days ago
thunderstorm rain showers rain showers thunderstorm clear
Mid station 2258 m
3850m 3000m 3000m 2850m 3300m

(1400m — 1699m)

3.0 cm
34 days ago
part cloud clear part cloud clear clear
Mid station 1550 m
4300m 3800m 3650m 3650m 3900m

(1527m — 2156m)

3.0 cm
36 days ago
rain showers clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1842 m
2800m 2900m 3150m 3450m 3700m

(1735m — 2150m)

3.0 cm
36 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1942 m
3050m 3050m 3250m 3450m 3800m

(1809m — 2418m)

4 cm
36 days ago
clear clear clear clear part cloud
Mid station 2114 m
2950m 3100m 3400m 3600m 3900m

(1825m — 1980m)

1.0 cm
35 days ago
light rain clear part cloud clear clear
Mid station 1902 m
2950m 2800m 2900m 3050m 3450m

(2001m — 3001m)

snow report 3 days ago

1.0 cm
4 days ago
clear clear part cloud clear clear
Mid station 2501 m
3500m 2900m 3200m 3150m 3850m

(1740m — 2970m)

snow report 4 days ago

4 cm
5 days ago
thunderstorm clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2355 m
3950m 3350m 3300m 3250m 3650m

(1899m — 2499m)

3.0 cm
34 days ago
rain showers rain showers rain showers clear part cloud
Mid station 2199 m
3650m 3350m 3450m 3400m 3950m

(1859m — 2225m)

snow report 23 days ago

1.0 cm
23 days ago
thunderstorm clear rain showers part cloud clear
Mid station 2042 m
2700m 2600m 2700m 2950m 3450m

(1300m — 1699m)

4 cm
36 days ago
thunderstorm clear rain showers clear clear
Mid station 1500 m
2550m 2600m 2550m 2900m 3450m

(1600m — 2034m)

snow report 4 days ago

4 cm
4 days ago
thunderstorm clear rain showers part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1817 m
2750m 2500m 2700m 2800m 3450m

(2100m — 3100m)

snow report 4 days ago

3.0 cm
4 days ago
thunderstorm light rain clear clear clear
Mid station 2600 m
3800m 3450m 3300m 3300m 3500m

(1050m — 3340m)

snow report 4 days ago

2.0 cm
4 days ago
rain showers rain showers part cloud rain showers clear
Mid station 2195 m
3900m 3050m 3100m 3050m 3450m

(1999m — 2399m)

snow report 16 days ago

2.0 cm
17 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 2199 m
3200m 3400m 3500m 3600m 3950m

(2098m — 2632m)

snow report 4 days ago

2.0 cm
4 days ago
rain showers rain showers part cloud thunderstorm clear
Mid station 2365 m
3900m 3450m 3300m 3350m 3450m

(1399m — 2799m)

snow report 3 days ago

1.0 cm
3 days ago
thunderstorm light rain part cloud rain showers rain showers
Mid station 2099 m
3800m 2850m 2750m 2800m 3350m

(1199m — 2699m)

snow report 4 days ago

1.0 cm
4 days ago
light rain rain showers part cloud light rain clear
Mid station 1949 m
3800m 2850m 2800m 2950m 3500m

(1767m — 2322m)

5 cm
36 days ago
thunderstorm clear part cloud clear cloud
Mid station 2044 m
2600m 2700m 2700m 3050m 3500m

(1130m — 2300m)

8 cm
37 days ago
clear clear clear clear clear
Mid station 1715 m
3950m 3450m 3550m 3600m 3950m

(1740m — 2335m)

snow report 3 days ago

3.0 cm
4 days ago
thunderstorm clear part cloud clear clear
Mid station 2038 m
3200m 2800m 2950m 2800m 3550m

(2051m — 2251m)

snow report 5 days ago

1.0 cm
5 days ago
light rain part cloud rain showers thunderstorm clear
Mid station 2151 m
3650m 2800m 3050m 2850m 3450m