Candy Cane Mountains - Mushfig museum
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 187 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 430 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,120 ft
- TrailRank
- 17
- Min elevation
- 730 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 52 minutes
- Time
- 2 hours
- Coordinates
- 315
- Uploaded
- April 30, 2023
- Recorded
- April 2023
near Tazakend, Xızı (Azərbaycan)
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Itinerary description
he Candy Cane Mountains (Azerbaijani: Şəkər əsası dağları) are shale mountains in the Khizi and Siyazan districts of Azerbaijan, part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range. The 'Candy Cane Mountains' were originally dubbed so by travel author Mark Elliott in his guidebook 'Azerbaijan with Excursions to Georgia'. The mountains' colors are produced by groundwater that alters the oxidation state of the iron compounds in the earth.
The mountains of Candy Cane are composed of shale, a type of sedimentary rock consisting of many thin layers stacked on top of each other. Changes in the environment have led to a difference in mineral composition as sedimentary rock layers are deposited.
The mountains of Candy Cane are composed of shale, a type of sedimentary rock consisting of many thin layers stacked on top of each other. Changes in the environment have led to a difference in mineral composition as sedimentary rock layers are deposited.
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