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SARIKAMIŞ SKI
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Sarıkamış
Ski Centre 50km away from Kars, is on a muddy mount in
Sarıkamış county. In Sarıkamış Ski Centre there is one 844m
long teleski facility and two ski houses. The ski season in
Sarıkamış Ski Centre is from December to April and the
thickness of the snow in Sarıkamış reaches upto 50-200cm. In
the centre the track length is 1200m. Also a 2 quartet
teleski has been procured by the Ministry of Tourism at
Cıbıltete in Sarıkamış Ski Centre.
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Accomodation |
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are the Toprak Hotel and Çamkar Hotel in Sarıkamış Ski Centre. One of
the hotels in Sarıkamış Ski Centre has 55 rooms and 132 beds and the
other five-star equivalent has 120 basic rooms, 11 corner rooms, 5
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Ski Tracks |
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Sarıkamış
Cıbıltepe Ski Centre has a rarely seen crystal snow on the tracks.
Although most days of the year is sunny at Sarıkamış Ski Centre the snow
does not lose that property and there is no risk of an avalanche because
the tracks in Sarıkamış Ski Centre have been surrounded by a yellow pine
forest and are protected against the wind. Sarıkamış Ski resort
beginning just beside Çamkıran in Sarıkamış Ski Centre has a 2400 people
capacitied computer hardware chair lift system. There are two stages
consisting of 5 tracks at miscellaneous difficulty levels. The Cıbıltepe
at 2700m altitude in Sarıkamış Ski Centre. First stage in Sarıkamış Ski
Centre is for the beginners and 2400m long, the second stage is 2200m
long and has 4 tracks. Skiing is available in Sarıkamış Ski Centre 7km
through the Sarıçam Forest. Total track length of the centre reaches
upto 17km. Also there exists a cross country area of which 5km is
registered by FIS (International Ski Federation). (Total length is 50km)
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Transportation |
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The hotels in Sarıkamış
Ski Centre are 45km away from Kars and 110km away from Erzurum. The
hotels have transfers to the airport. The first option for people who
want access to Sarıkamış Ski Centre by land is by Giresun-Tirebol-Torul-Erzincan-Erzurum-Sarıkamış.
The second option Trabzon-Erzurum-Sarıkamış, the third one is Hopa-Artvşn-Kars-Sarıkamış
from middle Anatolia, Ankara-Yozgat-Sivas-Erzincan-Erzurum-Kars route
would be a preferred choice.. |
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