SPORTING ACTIVITIES
Ski Centers Esentepe : The ski resort is located to the north of Gerede District at an altitude of 1.300 meters. The three-star Esentepe Hotel is available for winter sports and skiing possibilities. The hotel has a wonderful view dominant to the entire district and is possible to do grass skiing at the hotel. The name Esentepe was given to the region by Atatürk, because of the permanent winds blowing in the region. There are century old pine trees in the area.
Kartalkaya Ski Center
BOLU - Kartalkaya
The Kartalkaya Skiing Resort is in the Western Black Sea Region, southeast of Bolu, in the Koroglu mountains. The mountain has appropriate conditions for Alpine and cross-country skiing.
Arrival: The distance from Bolu city centre is 54km, and 28m to the Ankara highway. It takes around 45 minutes by road from the city centre and in addition to public buses and minibuses, most of the hotels organise this service for visitors.
Geography: The ski area is at an altitude of 1850-2200m, and the region has semi-temperate climate. Kartalkaya and surroundings are covered with forests, and has a dominant wind direction of west/north-west. The best season for skiing is from late December and late March, with an average 3m snowfall. The snow at the beginning of the season is powdery, getting increasingly slushy towards the end.
Facilities: There are two hotels with a total bed capacity of 1005, plus restaurants, swimming pools, discos and bars. Ski equipment and instruction is available. There are two chair-lifts, six T-bars and three baby lifts, with 12 ski runs around 20km long.
* Yesil (green) Lift (Chairlift - 700 m)
* Camcukuru Lift (Chairlift - 650 m)
* Inekcayiri 1-2 (Ski-Lift - 900 m)
* Resuldede 1-2 (Ski-Lift - 600 m)
* Kazankaya (Ski-Lift - 650 m)
* Koroglu Lift (Ski-Lift - 1200 m)
* 2 Baby-Lift
Hunting And Line Fishing : The forest stratum and rich fauna and flora surrounding the Bolu Province in four directions accommodates various hunting games. The terrestrial hunting games like bear, lynx, wild boar, deer, roe deer, wolf, marten, fox, badger, rabbit, skunk, weasel, beaver and red squirrel and avian hunting games like partridge, stock dove, quail, freckled partridge, toy bird, crane bird, woodcock, dove and predator birds like sparrow hawk, hawk and eagle are frequently encountered in the forest region.
Bolu region is also an ideal region for line fishing activities as is accommodates lots of lakes. The fishes like trout, crap, coral fish and silver fish are available for line fishing at the Abant Lake, Gölcük Lake, Gölköy Dam Lake, Yedigöller (Seven lakes) and Aladağ lake.
Paragliding : There are very convenient places for the paragliding activities at the Abant Mountains and touristic tours are arranged from major cities to Abant Mountains for paragliding.
Paragliding (Air Sports)