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Mt Palandöken resort snow
Lat Long: 39.85° N 41.28° E
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Mt Palandöken Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Mt Palandöken Ski Resort

Mt Palandöken Ratings

Overall: 4.1. Based on 32 votes and 32 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.2

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Mt Palandöken is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.9

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Mt Palandöken has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 4.0

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.2

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.8

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Mt Palandöken

Public Transport: 3.9

  • There are no buses or taxis to Mt Palandöken
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.2

  • No places to stay in/near Mt Palandöken
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.6

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.4

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Mt Palandöken

Ski in/Ski out: 4.6

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.1

  • There are no child care facilities at Mt Palandöken
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 3.9

  • Mt Palandöken relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.2

  • There are no snow groomers at Mt Palandöken
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Mt Palandöken are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.4

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Mt Palandöken is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.9

  • If snow conditions are poor at Mt Palandöken, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.2

  • Mt Palandöken usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.2

  • The staff at Mt Palandöken are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Mt Palandöken are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 4.3

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.0

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.3

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.2

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.3

  • No intermediate terrain at Mt Palandöken
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.2

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.6

  • Not even a kicker at Mt Palandöken
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.9

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Mt Palandöken
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 3.6

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Mt Palandöken has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 3.9

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.1

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 3.8

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 3.7

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.7

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.6

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 4.3

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 4.3

  • Overall, Mt Palandöken is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.2

  • Overall, Mt Palandöken is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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March 26, 2011
Bozorgzadegan Amir from Ski Iran Iran
This year, on 2nd half of the March, Palandoken (Mt Palandöken) seems to be different from it's normal back ground conditions! So that, the hotels are going to extend their admissions because of late snows and resort acceptable conditions. We could enjoy whole the days of schedule in absence of strong winds during March 20 to 25, 2011. Every night, the plough machines seriously repaired and compacted the slopes except Ejder ! (maybe because of season ends, as usual). Thursday night, they did compact all, even Ejder. but unfortunately it was foggy deep on the range peak, day after. and Ejder chair-lift not activated while we were skiing on Friday morning, before our check-out time! Skiing in Palandoken, we Iranian enjoy usually, if we forget the existing tiresome bus transportation between! I am sure, if the related organisations arrange some flights between two countries, either directly from Tehran/Tabriz to Erzurum, or indirect, via Erzurum to west Turkey. The number of Iranian tourists to east Anatoli will grow up rapidly and massively ... Hope seeing this simple and practicable program soon.
March 23, 2011
Bozorgzadegan A. from Ski Iran Iran
Palandöken ski resort was nice and enjoyful this time on late March, pale sun and snow, and weak winds caused to ski last 4 days continuously and strongly! Our accommodation, Dedeman Palandoken hotel, was great and charm, specially because of its unique position inside the piste, and simple availability to lifts and returning to hotel, while you are exhausted, doing ski next to the entrance door! It's really great. But, in some cases our previous hotel Polat had advantages. If Dedeman cover those, will be unique in this resort. The items like: free stationery internet access not only wireless for private lab tops, free unlimited varieties of drinks like Polat, then diferences of sport indoor facilities will not be compared.
March 14, 2011
Bozorgzadegan Amir from Ski Iran Iran
I don't have the experience of Palandoken piste on mid March? Weather forecast shows sunny for next couple of days and disappointed regarding new snows! While, here in Tehran, we have snow just now and the scenery white all, and the resorts around Tehran shows 120mm new snows! I hope the conditions change for a good nowrooz holiday in east Anatoli, Palandoken.
February 10, 2011
Hassan from Ski Iran Iran
You can go to boarder of Iran and Turkey (Bazorgan), dis tens of Tehran is 950Km and form boarder to Erzurum is about 290Km and you can stay in the Mako (tourist hotel) or stay in Doğubeyazıt. Doğubeyazıt has 7 - 8 hotels.
February 26, 2010
Bozorgzadegan amir from Ski Iran Iran
Finally, we returned home after a week at Mt Palandöken ski resort, although we lost 2 days skiing because of severe weather conditions! But totally, it was reasonable somehow. The most problem of our tour to Palandoken (Mt Palandöken) was transportation because, unfortunately, we do not have direct flight from Tehran or Tabriz to Erzurum? So that, you ought to fly to Ankara or Istanbul first, then return again to Erzurum with high spending time and money?! I don't understand what is the problem for direct route? You see the same conditions for rail-way too! ie. from Iran you ought to go to Van, Tatvan, Elazig, Malatya, then return to north east Erzurum! Wasting time and money! Turkey, as a tourist country with high demand of foreign currencies, need to solve such matters to earn more, at the time when it's eastern neighbours, do not think about tourist fields, specially sport tourists!
February 23, 2010
Mohammad FOROOGHIEH from Ski Iran Iran
Palandoken (Mt Palandöken) was my first experience of skiing in a resort out of my country. I've been there for two days and find out some facts about it: It seems that in this area we have a vast variety of weather which makes trouble for skiers. I've heard that many tourists have to stay in the hotel and couldn't go for skiing because of bad weather which was quite common there. But the piste itself was a nice and good design tracks. Very effective, new and fast equipments make it possible to enjoy your time being there without need to wait in queues so much. The tracks at Mt Palandöken were from very beginner ones to the advanced track (Ejder track) which was a nice and relatively difficult one especially in early morning that was frozen. There are lots of good hotels in that area with different classes which makes it possible to have a nice stay there and enjoy your time. I recommend Palandoken (Mt Palandöken) to the people who want to experience a good place for skiing.
February 16, 2010
A.Bozorgzadegan from Ski Iran Iran
Yesterday, February 15th, İ don't understand why gentlemen did not open the cabin at starting point while the concern 4persons lift, next to federation, was out of order because of electrical malfunction as they said? Soon after totally were closed except begınners of Polat pist. We are loosing the time and going far from the goal we dıd start.
February 16, 2010
A.Bozorgzadegan from Ski Iran Iran
Mt Palandöken is not bad but weather conditıon is very varıable! That caused the closure of the pistes yesterday. Today also it is wındy and I'm not sure to be succeeded to ski. The weather condition here also cheat differet forecasts which have been my references! What to do ın such a days at Mt Palandöken? Is there any idea to cover our dead tımes?
February 15, 2010
A. Bozorgzadegan from Ski Iran Iran
Hı, I'm in Mt Palandöken now. It ıs my 2nd day of stay. İ reached the resort yesterday afternoon but dıdn't postpond the ski for the next day. It was a good skı half day but unfortunately today the skı resort was more or less closed because of dıfferent reason: 1. Electrıcal problem of the maın chaır lıft whıch dıstrıbute users to all other lıfts!? 2. The weather condıtıon as they saıd!? Therefore, one of the problems of thıs resort (Mt Palandöken) ıs the lack of alternatıve lıft from the startıng poınt. As though you can go to hıgher levels by car, but actually there won't be enough parkıng area for thıs purpose! İ.e. ıf the maın quatrant lıft next to the federatıon of kayak Erzurum stops, you woundn't be able to skı on hıgher level of altıtudes! The subject that took place today and İ was obliged to return back to hotel and waste the tıme by internet somehow and wrıte these couple of sentences. Good luck, Amır.
February 10, 2010
Amir B. from Ski Iran Iran
I will be at Palandoken (Mt Palandöken) during the next couple of days in mid February 2010 for the 1st time and hope weather and snow to be good enough for a nice experiment there. This will be my first ski travel out of my country started from neighborhood country and hope to be extended to other resorts of different countries soon after!