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Saklıkent Ski Centre founded on the northern side of Bakırlıdağ placed on the summit of Toros Mountain, is a ski complex consisting of 500 chalets and ski facilities.
Saklıkent Ski Centre is one of the ski facilities nearest to the Mediterranean and Equator. There is 120 days of quality skiing between December 10th and April 10th. Saklıkent Ski Centre's temperature is rarely under-5 degrees celcius during the day and during this time period the sunny day average is between 70-80 days per year. In Saklıkent Ski Centre the average snow thickness is 100-230cm and sometimes it reaches upto 5m at the top.
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In Saklıkent Ski Centre, there are modern ski rooms to hire ski and snowboard equipment a Ski School to take skiing and snowboarding lessons. A 200 guest capacitied Lodge Restaurant, 300 people capacitied Panorama Cafeteria serving the guests and skiers and a 40 bedded motel and its friendly staff would be pleased to serve you.
Furthermore, in Saklıkent Ski Centre the new hotel consists of 240 beds an indoor swimming pool, Turkish baths, sauna, wellness centre, disco and 200 people capacitied meeting hall. It is going to run untıl the end of 2006-2007 season and will host the skiers and nature fans more comfortably with its enlarged capacity.
In Saklıkent Ski Centre, Tübitak Observatory on the top of Bakırlıdağ where the light pollution is at minimum levels, is 150m away from Panorama Cafeteria and with its Russian telescope present attracts the astronomy fans the whole summer and winter. The nature of Saklıkent is ideal for sports such as walking, hill cycling, horse-riding, hunting, skiing,football and it's shelter for the sweltering people of Ankara.
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Founded on the forest border Saklıkent Ski Centre has got tracks which give joyous ski opportunities to people who are newly beginning to ski or snowboard or for the proffessionals. In Saklıkent Ski Centre there is one 1400m long chair-lift, 2 teleskis, 1 baby lift and snow tubing lift serving the ski fans.
Lifts of Saklıkent Ski Centre
1.Karakaya |
Chair lift |
1900-2400m |
1400m |
800p/h |
2.Saklıbel |
Teleski |
1890-2100m |
645m |
400p/h |
3.NadirGez |
Teleski |
1900-2200m |
950m |
300p/h |
4.Snowtubing |
lift |
1890-1980m |
350m |
300p/h |
5.Babylift |
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1900-1930m |
200m |
100p/h |
Also there is the Panorama Cafeteria at 2400m altitude at Saklıkent ski Centre.
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