Category Archives: Turkey

Skiing Lake Van

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Bryan Keith

While the skiing in the Kaçkar was consistently good and easy to arrange, the skiing that we did around Lake Van was much more varied.  We rented a car in Erzurum which greatly facilitated getting to the various mountains that … Continue reading →

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Skiing the Kaçkar

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Bryan Keith

Five fantastic days of skiing from Olgunlar.  One of the days (the third day) was one of the best skiing days ever.  The fifth day wasn’t bad either. My first visit to the Kaçkar was with Sage in July 2012.  … Continue reading →

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Sunrise on Tunç

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Bryan Keith

I’ve written about Tunç before.  It’s the biggest most impressive mountain that we can see from Antalya.  It’s also a rather easy climb though the drive to the start takes a good hour.  It would be quite a feat to … Continue reading →

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Runtalya, March 2014

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Bryan Keith

Antalya’s version of the Boulder Bolder takes place in early March.  Most people do the 10k, but there are 20k and 42k options as well.  This year seemed like perfect temperature for running — cloudy and cool.  I watched. I … Continue reading →

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A winter ascent of Erciyes

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Bryan Keith

I’ve been studying Turkish again for the last six weeks.  It keeps me pretty cooped up during the week, but I got out a couple weeks ago for a winter ascent of Turkey’s 5th highest peak.  Erciyes is just slightly … Continue reading →

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