Guide
Yolçatı is Bingöl's ski centre, with a single 1,000-metre piste and runs for both beginners and advanced skiers. The lower station stands at 1,650 m and the upper at 1,890 m, and the average gradient is 25 per cent.
The climate here is continental, and the season starts in December and lasts until March. A ski lodge provides 50 beds; for health care and other services you have to go into Bingöl itself.
Getting there
The centre is 25 km from Bingöl and is reached by private vehicle.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bingöl as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -2.1 °C in January to 26.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June and September; rainfall is heaviest in January (137 mm) and lightest in August (4 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
