Category Archives: Trekking

Trekking in Yenice, Karabük — more fall colors

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Bryan Keith

There you have it.  Four months of touring on one compact map.  I’ll call this chapter of my tour The Pontic Alps Explorer.  From Erzurum to Bayburt (with detours).  Haha, I really did start this tour in Erzurum after taking … Continue reading →

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Trekking and biking the high Kaçkar

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Bryan Keith

From Yusufeli it was a 3300m climb to Kaçkar Dağı Summit, the highest peak in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains (Doğu Karadeniz Dağları).  From rice paddies to snow and ice.  Sage and I took four days.  We biked up to … Continue reading →

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