Kandilli Ski Resort ( tr, Kandilli Kayak Merkezi) is a

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In Nort ...

for cross-country skiing and

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

Erzurum Province Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the ...

, eastern Turkey. The ski resort is located in

Aşkale Aşkale is a town and district of the Erzurum province of Turkey. The mayor is Enver Başaran (AKP). The population is 12,509 (as of 2010). Kandilli Ski Resort, which hosts cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions at some international wi ...

district, west of

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...

. It was established in 2010 for the

2011 Winter Universiade The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at , and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the ...

. It covers an area of at elevations between above mean sea level. The resort is open to the public the year around. Kandilli Ski Resort features long cross-country skiing trails, long sprint tracks as well as a ski stadium. The -long sprint track is wide with a maximum climbing difference.

International events hosted

, 27 January – 6 February – snowboarding and freestyle skiing competitions. *

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017. The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzu ...

, 12 – 17 February – Biathlon and cross-country skiing.

References

Sports venues in Erzurum Ski areas and resorts in Turkey Buildings and structures in Erzurum Province 2010 establishments in Turkey Sports venues completed in 2010 Tourist attractions in Erzurum Province Aşkale District {{Wintersport-stub