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Cyprus - 1st week Jan - is it worth taking the ski kit?
 Poster: A snowHead
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I had a search and found reference to sunbathing in Cyprus but no-one has posted whether it is worth packing the ski kit for a trip to Cyprus.

We are going to visit my father-in-law in Cyprus for the first week in Jan as he is working out there and has an apartment we can stay in. We also have friends out there from the time when my wife worked on the island.

Given that we are going to Hemsedal in Norway for 8 days and will probably end up in Romania for Feb 1/2 term is it worth packing the ski kit when we go to Cyprus? I would think we might find time for a day or two on the slopes but certainly not any more.

By ski kit I mean the whole lot... trousers, jackets, goggles, helmets for my wife, my two children and myself.
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AndrewBailey, my uncle lives in Cyprus and they managed one day trip up to Troggos (somethign like that anyway) So I would say probably not...
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From the report at http://www.onthesnow.com/news/a/18/cyprus-ski-club-celebrates-60-years , sounds unlikely you'll be able to ski. If it was just yourself, might be worth packing your kit, but not for the whole family.
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Conditions are best at Trodos in Feb.

But Jan can be good, too. Last season was completely white in early Jan. They had good snow. Click on the datebox below the webcam for last year's photos:

http://www.skicyprus.com/webcam/


The resort is tiny. A good skier will ride it out in halfaday.

But for pure novelty value, there are few better places.

Do it.
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AndrewBailey, they were skiing at Troodos in mid-March when we visited in 1994, did a bit of sledging, weird because in the afternoon we went down to the coast in 75F heat! Cool
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Thanks for the responses. Looks like we will watch the weather and if they have decent snow take some kit, if not then not.
Might be worthwhile trying just for the novelty!
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AndrewBailey, skied christmas and new year ,for most of the early nineties, but only cause i had a land rover and a will to climb. plenty of snow but the lifts wernt working. cant remember when the lifts opened th
ough. it was quite wierd to be up there on our own but enjoyable.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

Lived in Cyprus for 4 years and have skied Troodos many many times, the skiing is very limited as the real estate hasn't been developed, very busy with locals and HM Armed Forces who are based nearby. The lifts are all drag lifts, there's only one drag on each of the 4 slopes, brilliant "Novelty Skiing", as you can drive down to Episkopi, Kolossi or Akrotiri in about an hour and hit the beach after a morning skiing Happy Not that I remember the weather being beach worthy in Jan (good surf kayaking at Curium at that time of year). You can hire half decent kit really cheaply for the day, there's a hire shop at the top. Parking is a nightmare though and avoid the weekends. Longest run is similar (slightly longer) in size to that in the snow dome at Milton Keynes, but if you get a quiet day there's enough to keep you occupied for a couple of hours Happy[/b]
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