Trekking In Turkey: Long Distance Paths

The Lycian Way, St Paul Trail and The Kackar Mountains
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:52 am 
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See the separate topic in the accomodation forum for the lodgingd İ used.
Excellent weather from March 9 to March 17, also March 19, but in the fırst days temperatures close to 0 C at night. Light rain on March 18 and 20.

Start from Ovacik.
Day 1: Faralya 4 hours walk (not including stops)
The tımes indicated ın the book are way exagerated but are not consıstent. On some legs İ do 50% better on other segments only 20% better.
Day 2: Gey 6 hours 15
Stage 4a: not seen the markersl just after Alinca. Continued on the road till the next outcrop where it's easy to walk down to the trail.
Day 3: camp in the forest after Pydnaı 6 hours 25
Stage 6: no markers trail not clear when arriving at the top of the small pass after Gavuragılı. I dropped down straight to the road cross country from the pass, short and not too difficult.
Pydnai: all entrances and exıts have been closed by branches by local shephards.
Just after the beach the trail is under 30 cm of water for 300 metres. İ just crossed it.
Day 4: 2 hours 30 to Xanthos. After Xanthos, went directly to Patara by dolmus then 30 mınutes walk. Didn't hike stage 6.
Day 5: Patara to Kalkan 4 hours by stage 7 in reverse. Didn't hike stage 8.
No obvious intersection of stages 7 and 8 in Delıkkemer as in the book.
Day 6: camp just after Tartali. 6 hours 50
Stage 11: Tartali not well marked on the map (otherwise first class), is 2 km further East.
Day 7: Cukurbag 6 hours 10
Day 8: Kas 2 hours
Day 9: Bogazcık 6 hours 5
Stage 14: just followed the markers by the upper route, didn't notıce the lower route.
Stage 15: you must retrace your way for a few hundred meters from Lıman Agızı. 1 km further you must cross a fence twice.
Day 10: Ucagız 4 hours 50
Stage 16: No markers across the Appolonia hill.
Day 11: Demre 4 hours 5 on stage 17 + 1 hour on the road to Demre

To be continued.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:46 am 
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Day 12 Rest at Finike (Poor weather)
Did not hike stage 19
Day 13 2 dolmus and resume walking at Mavikent - Camping (Shephard camp) after the lighthouse 4 hours 50
Again excellent weather
Day 14 Cirali 7 hours 30
Stage 22 Poor makıng when you exit Adrasan until you start climbıng
Day 15 Camp at yayla above Beycik 6 hours 10
Rain in the afternoon and early evenıng. Very cold camping (some ice on the tent)
Day 16 Gedelme 5 hours 10
Again perfect weather
Stage 24A Winter snow and much more fresh snow on the pass - no difficulty. Lost the marks from first yayla to large spring in the descent (Very steep offtrail)
Stage 25A İndicators point to the road between Kuzdere and Gedelme so İ followed it.
Day 17 Camp high above Goynuk (near ruins) 5 hours 50
Stage 26 Some poorly marked short sections (and slight changes of route as a result)
Day 18 Main road at Goynuk 1 hour 50 end of trek


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