Kayseri · Ski resort
Erciyes
Turkey's longest slope network and its largest vertical drop. The elevation range was verified against the official source.
Short answer
Erciyes is a ski resort in Kayseri province, sitting between 2,088 and 3,346 m. Its 55.1 km of slopes rank it 1 of 20 in this catalogue, and its 1,258 m of vertical rank it 1.
- Slope network
- 55.1 km
- 1 of 20
- Vertical drop
- 1,258 m
- 1 of 20
- Top elevation
- 3,346 m
- 1 of 20
- Lifts
- 14
This resort's elevation range was verified against the resort's own official publication, independently of the catalogue source, and the two matched exactly — a concrete test of confidence in the rest of the catalogue.
Erciyes current conditions
A model estimate, not a measurement taken on the piste. Computed for the resort's top elevation.
Erciyes (3,346 m)
3,346 m · Overcast
- Temperature
- 1°C
- Snow depth
- No snow cover
- Wind
- 8 km/s S
- Snowfall, last hour
- 0.0 cm
- Humidity
- %83
Feels like -3°C
model estimate
Gusts 39 km/s
7-day forecast · Erciyes (3,346 m)
| Day | Conditions | Low / high | Snow | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slight rain showers | -1° / 3° | — | 16 km/s | |
| Overcast | -2° / 3° | — | 9 km/s | |
| Thunderstorm | -1° / 2° | — | 8 km/s | |
| Fog | -2° / 2° | — | 9 km/s | |
| Overcast | -1° / 4° | — | 14 km/s | |
| Overcast | 0° / 7° | — | 17 km/s | |
| Overcast | 0° / 7° | — | 11 km/s |
Resorts of a similar size
The three closest resorts by slope length. Measured the same way, so they compare directly.
| Resort | Province | Slopes | Vertical | Lifts | Elevation | Per lift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erciyes✓ | Kayseri | 55.1 km | 1,258 m | 14 | 2,088–3,346 m | 3.9 km |
| Palandöken | Erzurum | 43 km | 992 m | 16 | 2,148–3,140 m | 2.7 km |
| Uludağ | Bursa | 28 km | 541 m | 25 | 1,781–2,322 m | 1.1 km |
| Sarıkamış | Kars | 21.3 km | 502 m | 5 | 2,130–2,632 m | 4.3 km |
What these numbers mean
The two most revealing numbers for Erciyes are slope length and vertical drop. Length tells you how long the resort will keep you occupied; vertical tells you how long the descents are. They do not always move together: a small network with a big vertical means a short but steep resort.
Slope length per lift (3.9 km) is not a quality measure; it only shows how spread out the network is relative to its lifts. A low value can mean more lifts serving the same runs, and therefore shorter queues.
Three things you will not find here: piste count, prices and season dates. All three are defined differently by each resort and cannot be sourced consistently; putting a non-comparable number in a comparison table misleads the reader.
For this resort's current status, opening dates and prices, check its own announcements. This site does not publish live piste status.
Source: skiresort.com — Türkiye kayak merkezleri sıralamaları · Last checked:
Related pages
- PalandökenEven its base sits at 2,148 m, making it one of the few Turkish resorts whose entire ski area stays above 2,000 m.
- UludağThe highest lift count in the catalogue: 25 installations. Third by slope length, but ahead on uphill capacity.
- SarıkamışAlmost identical in slope length to Kartepe, but sitting 800 m higher — a very different resort in terms of season relia
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