Flying in to the city of Ebril (via Istanbul) they spent two weeks ski-touring this part of Iraqi Kurdistan, through landscapes rarely seen by western travellers. The tour group skied Choman and Mount Halgurd in January, while boarding with a local family. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ski touring near Mount Halgurd - the highest peak entirely withing Iraq. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to much of the country, and all but essential travel to the rest. “At that moment, the skiing almost became secondary.”• untamedborders.com, details of the 2018 trip will be on the website in April

Source: The Guardian March 13, 2017 10:52 UTC