Uludağ Ski resort

Uludağ 

This webcam shows the Uludağ ski resort, located 150 km from Istanbul and 35 km from the city of Bursa. Almost every hotel on the territory of the complex in the online camera has its own lifts, the cost of using which is included in the payment for accommodation.

Snow cover with a maximum thickness of 3 meters lies in the Uludağ resort in a live broadcast from the second half of December to the end of March. Well-groomed and wide trails for skiing are located at an altitude of 1750-2543 m. Many of them pass through the forest. The most favorable period for relaxing on the slopes in the online live camera is from December to March.

The modern Uludağ, where the online stream comes from, in ancient times was the legendary Small Olympus Mysia, which, according to mythology, served as a place where the Gods watched the outcome of the Trojan War. The name “Uludağ” is translated as “Big Mountain”. This is the highest peak in Western Anatolia.

Not far from the Uludağ peak, where the ski resort showed in web camera is located, an abandoned tungsten mine has survived to this day.

The winter complex in the online camera is equipped with a cable car. On its territory there are 5 chair lifts and 7 drag lifts. The total length of the tracks is 20 km, of which 10 are green, 8 are blue, 6 are red and 1 is black.

The ski resort of “Uludağ “, which you see in live footage, is a good choice for a family holiday, as well as for lovers of calm skiing on gentle slopes. There are trails for beginners, intermediate skiers, experienced athletes, as well as for children. There is an opportunity to do slalom, cross-country skiing and biathlon.

One of the best natural attractions of Uludağ, shown online, is the national park of the same name.This is a refuge for several species of mountain birds. The park is also inhabited by Apollo butterflies, primroses, crocuses and mouse hyacinths grow. In the spruce forest live a very rare upland owl, short-toed pika, crossbill and white-backed woodpecker.

Since the Uludağ resort in this webcam is located at a short distance from Bursa, frequent trips are made to the city.

Bursa

Bursa, where you can go from the resort in the online camera, is the fourth largest city in Turkey after Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. In the past, Bursa was the capital of the great Ottoman Empire, and remarkable monuments of Islamic architecture still remain on its territory, for example, the Yeşil Mosque or the Green Mosque of 1419-1424. The facade of this religious building was built of white marble, and the interior is decorated with tiles of green, blue, light blue, turquoise and azure colors, as well as Arabic script.

In Bursa there is an archaeological museum of 1904 with the artifacts of the 3rd century BC – 15th century AD. In the courtyard of the museum there are sculptures, tombstones, steles and sarcophagi.

At 80 km from the city of Bursa, there are hot thermal springs Yalova Termal, the water temperature of which is + 57-60C.

Watch others Baltic Live Cam web cameras from ski resorts – Auron in France, Tatranska Lomnica in Slovakia,  Milzkalns in Latvia, Bukovel in Ukraine, Low Tatras in Slovakia, Rosa Khutor in Russia.