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Kackar mountain is located between Trabzon, Rize, 50 kilometers inland, the second highest peak (3932m) in Turkey to Mount Ararat (5165m). Ayder Yayla (Platue) is the last town where you can stay near the top, the Kvarner, hotels and hot spring of the Turkish bath. Ayder is the place where you might begin trekking tours, but make sure that you have a leader before you do it. The most popular trekking tour begins in Yukarı Kavrun and crosses on the mountain Barhal, Yusufeli (south side of the mountain), but only can be done in June-August time frame and make sure you have a guide on the way. You can easily lost when there is a dense fog may occur several times a day!

You can still go to the edge of the hill in the village of Yukari Kavrun But the road is very bumpy and only its activities in summer time, the 17 km of the road easily takes an hour. In the winter time, the people organizing tours snow board a helicopter when they drop off at the summit, and they all ski down the road to Ayder only the professional skiers can do it.