MOUNTAIN SPORT HOLIDAYS

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Turkey presents mountains lovers with an incredible variety of interesting climbing opportunities that are sure to satisfy the most demanding hikers, climbers, and winter sports fans. In Turkey, mountains come in all sizes, geo-morphological and tectonic structures and boast abundant wildlife and forests teeming with diverse flora and fauna. Every year thousands of tourists from all over the world come to Turkey for winter sports (especially skiing), mountains climbing and hiking.

Turkey, which becomes more arid the further south one goes, is presently hemmed in on every side by mountain ranges : The Northern Anatolian Mountain Range, the Interior Anatolian Massif Range, the Southern Anatolian Mountain Range and the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range. Important mountains in the Northern Anatolian Mountain Range are Istıranca (Yıldız) Mt. (1000 m), Bursa Uludağ Mt. (2543 m) , Bolu Köroğlu Mt. (2400 m), Ilgaz Mt. (2587m) and the Karagöl Mt. (3100m). In the Central Anatolian Massif Range, there are volcanic mountains such as, Erciyes Mt. (3917m), Hasan Mt. (3263 m), Greater Mt. Ararat (5137 m), Tendürek Mt. (3533 m), Süphan Mt. (4058 m) and Nemrut Mt. (3050 m). In the folded Taurus Mountain range, there are the Beydağlar Mt. (3086 m) and Bolkar Mt. (3524 m), and in the Southeastern Anatolian Mountain Range there are the, Hakkari Cilo (Glacier), Sat (4136 m) and Nur (Amanos) Mountains.

KAÇKAR MOUNTAIN HELISKIING by TURKEY HELISKI

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Feb 24	-	Mt. AĞRI SKI TOUR ASCENT by TOP TREE HOUSE
Feb 24	-	SKI TOURING & SNOW SHOEING by ALTERNATIF OUTDOOR
Dec 17	-	ROCK CLIMBING by TRANSNATURE

MT. AĞRI (ARARAT)

Rising at the borders of Turkey and Iran, Mount Ağrı, an inactive volcano capped year round with ice and snow, rises to 5137 meters. The Old Testament records that it was on this mountain that Noah's Ark came to rest after the great flood. This peak,... more

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Dec 29	-	MT. KAÇKAR
Dec 29	-	MT. ERCİYES

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