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Akoura highlands loop - The howling Wolf trail

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Trail stats

Distance
8.4 mi
Elevation gain
2,303 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
2,303 ft
Max elevation
6,923 ft
TrailRank 
65 4.7
Min elevation
5,872 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
4 hours 20 minutes
Time
7 hours 13 minutes
Coordinates
2479
Uploaded
May 23, 2021
Recorded
May 2021
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near El Maadlé, Mont-Liban (Lebanon)

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Itinerary description

Another loop in Akoura highlands which start from Church of Saydit El Qarn. Plenty of places to park the car.
The hike started on asphalt road, continue for nearly 700m then go uphill and once on there follow the dirt road to the right.
This trail in general consists of many ups and downs, in most of the time it will be easy to follow up till the big cross over Akoura village. Spring high grass forming at this time of the year made the walk challenging and risky, we have encountered snakes of different sizes so be aware of your foot steps and have a long pants and boots for more protection.
Upon arriving to the cross, great reward waiting you. The view over Akoura village is magnificent and breathtaking. We took one hour break there and felt like a 5 minutes.
The next part is even more challenging and beautiful. Walking on the edge of a mountain, great landscapes all around, what can be more satisfying ?
There is no trail up there, hard and rocky terrain everywhere. Follow direction and choose carefully the right path.
On the way, you will meet the amazing rock that looks like a howling wolf. It is fascinating how nature can surprise you in its beauty.
Not an easy ascent that will lead you after to a steep descent. Again choose the best route and don't stick to your GPS.
Enjoy the view over Akoura artificial lakes, you will be lucky to meet the sunset over there.
Continuing forward, a technical descent will lead you back to the dirt road again and finally to the start point.

In general it is an advanced hike by difficulty, I give this rate always on these kind of terrains not to underestimate as it can be difficult for amateur. For an experienced hiker this is a moderate level.

HIGHLY recommended for mountain lovers.
Hike Poles and long pants are mandatory.

Do your duty to keep nature a beauty and always be kind to everything that lives :)

Waypoints

PictographCar park Altitude 6,820 ft
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Starting Point

The start/End of this hike.

PictographLake Altitude 6,740 ft
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Akoura Lakes

Artificial lakes

PictographIntersection Altitude 6,609 ft
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Go Right

Follow the dirt road up

PictographIntersection Altitude 6,789 ft
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Go Right

Follow the dirt road from here

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,667 ft
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Sheep and Goats. Here the meeting point on the way back

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,782 ft
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The small parts with snow

PictographIntersection Altitude 6,431 ft
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Dirt road

Follow the road down, in early spring it will be a water stream.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,346 ft
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Mountains

Akoura highlands , Laklouk mountains

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,323 ft
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Panoramic View

Akoura, Laqlouq mountains

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,214 ft
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Dirt road

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,030 ft
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Water source

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,960 ft
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PictographRiver Altitude 6,040 ft
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River

Cross on the water stream, at this time it is mostly dry

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,115 ft
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PictographWaypoint Altitude 5,878 ft
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This place has a lot of rocks with beautiful shapes. We turn around it as we thought it can be risky to cross in.

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,877 ft
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Water Stream

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,150 ft
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Going to the edge is a rewarding moment knowing that the view will be magnificent

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,162 ft
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Walking on the edge

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,140 ft
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Another beautiful rock formation

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,327 ft
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This is the magical view from the cross !

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,332 ft
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Cross

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,454 ft
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Walking on the edge

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,636 ft
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PictographLake Altitude 6,744 ft
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View over Akoura Lakes

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,697 ft
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PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,684 ft
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This amazing rock looking like a howling wolf

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,794 ft
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Akoura Highlands

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,918 ft
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From here choose your best way to go down the cliff, not an easy descent

PictographPanorama Altitude 6,844 ft
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The view over once passed

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,772 ft
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A view on the lakes between two rocks

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,802 ft
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Beautiful spot for pictures

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,856 ft
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Just Amazing )

PictographWaypoint Altitude 6,833 ft
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The way down to meet the dirt road

PictographIntersection Altitude 6,762 ft
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Go down

PictographReligious site Altitude 6,764 ft
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Saint Charbel sanctuary

Comments  (3)

  • Marcin Marceli Aug 17, 2022

    My first hike in Lebanon. Instead of 13,5km we taken a shortcut and walked 13km. So in fact it was not a shortcut especially that we had few uphill and downhill so we were extremely tired....but happy.

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    Carl ghassibe Aug 17, 2022

    Agree with you Marcin.
    One of the best hikes here and very rewarding

  • khouloud_s Aug 17, 2024

     

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    Beautiful and challenging trail

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