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Access issues skiing in İkizdere

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Bryan Keith

One of the reasons that I keep going back to Olgunlar for skiing is that there’s a pansiyon in the village at 2000m, and the road is regularly plowed. If you look at the map of the Kaçkar, you can … Continue reading →

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Skiing the Kaçkar with Seb

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Bryan Keith

So we had to abandon our broken-down car in Gümüşhane, but the timing actually wasn’t bad since we had planned on spending a week at İsmail’s pansiyon in Olgunlar where there’s not much need for a car. We skied directly … Continue reading →

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Skiing road trip: Erzincan, Gümüşhane, Erzurum

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Bryan Keith

Seb decided to join me for this year’s (almost) annual ski trip to the Kaçkar Mountains. Because of covid (and the fact that he owns two cars?), Seb wanted to go by car and make a road trip out of … Continue reading →

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To the summit of Güllük Dağı, Termessos, again

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Bryan Keith

This is another of Semra’s, Bülent’s, and my covid day trips. It was on this excursion that we looked across at Darım Dağı and decided to climb it a week or so later. On this day, however, our goal was … Continue reading →

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The ambar at Sinan Değirmeni

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Bryan Keith

A few days ago when heading up to go skiing at Saklıkent, Seb decided to take the road via Sinan Değirmeni. Down at the creek we turned left instead of right, and I mentioned I had never been on that … Continue reading →

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