I had been to Dedegöl once before, with Özgür in the winter. We went in from the north side, from Melik Yaylası. I had heard people talking about the camping and climbing area on the west side of the mountain, Kuzukulağı Yaylası, but I had never been here before.
Uh, wow, it’s amazingly beautiful. I crossed the Köprü Çayı at Yanık and after an approximately 630m climb, the road topped out, and I came to this view:
The road I took got steep after Eldere, and I had to push the bicycle for about half an hour. I learned later that the easier way is to take the right turn about 4km passed Yanık (on the road to Eldere). There’s a good road to the left, but you want the smaller road to the right. You have to cross the creek (no bridge). The road is poor for the first ~500m and leads straight to the yayla. It’s the route that most cars use.
Taking that route you’ll miss this section of road:
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