Jebel Qadaah ( Ghail Village Route )
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.43 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,750 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,750 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,435 ft
- TrailRank
-
57
3.7
- Min elevation
- 1,037 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 4 hours 42 minutes
- Time
- 7 hours 35 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2181
- Uploaded
- November 19, 2023
- Recorded
- November 2023
near Athabāt, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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Jebel Qadaah ( Ghail Village Route )
PLEASE READ ALL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY.
Marked as Difficult as there are few sections of challenging terrain that needs attention.
This trail should be attempted by only experienced hikers with full knowledge of the area, fitness, terrain, mobility, skills such as scrambling and walking over loose rocks.
Please do not neglect above mentioned factors and relalities of this hike and try this ONLY if you are pro hiker with experience in all above mentioned activities.
If you need more information, please contact me directly.
If you followed my trail and my details provided have been helpful for you in your hiking journey, kindly leave a review on this post.
It helps other hikers and it will build a better hiking community. Thank you.
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We referred Ben Robbins's hike trail for our hike.
We hiked and summitted Jebel Qadaah (also known as Jebel Haqab) via the lesser hiked route of Wadi Ghail.
We deviated from Wadi Qadaah to Wadi Ghail, drove offroad as much as we could and then started our hike.
In the midway, we reached Ghail village with few houses.
From Ghail village, we proceeded by traversing along the Qadaah cliff walls to reach the saddle and further we soon merged with the Wadi Haqab Qadaah mountain trail.
We climbed the final push thorough a steep rocky patch that took quite some time and energy and soon reached the plateau of Qadaah and soon we were at the summit with the largest mountain flag ever hoisted in any of UAE mountains.
Further we hiked northwards to reach the bit higher twin peak of Qadaah, also known as Jebel Haqab and from there we descended into the trail connecting the Hebs villages with Ghail village at the SPAR Pass.
From this point, we hiked on a proper trail all the way back to Ghail village as a loop and further descended down to our cars as per our initial ascent hike.
Overall this hike is best for good Cardio workout, good elevation gain over short distance and some of the best views from the plateau.
We could see Jebel Yabana, Jebel Rahabah, Jebel Jais, Oman Musandam range and whole of Jebel Jais area of Wadi Shah section.
Stay safe, enjoy Hiking.
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Do Not Try Any Hikes If You Do Not Understand The Mountain Terrains, Dangers From Wildlife, First Aid, Hydration And Snacks, Your Own Fitness, Remote Activity Preparations, Communication Tools, Mountain Geography, Topography, Risk Factors, HSE Requirements, Hiking Risks, Fitness Level Of The Group Members.
Study All Above Matters Well Before Following Any Trails That You Find Online. Please Do Not Over Estimate Yourself.
Better Be Safe Than Put Yourself / Group In Danger And Regret Later.
Lately We Have Seen A Lot Of Unwanted Hiking Incidents That Could Have Been Avoided With Better Preparation.
Wikiloc is Only For Reference. There Can Be Errors On The GPS Recording Due To GPS Jumping In The Wadi Sections or Erroneous Recording.
PLEASE READ ALL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY.
Marked as Difficult as there are few sections of challenging terrain that needs attention.
This trail should be attempted by only experienced hikers with full knowledge of the area, fitness, terrain, mobility, skills such as scrambling and walking over loose rocks.
Please do not neglect above mentioned factors and relalities of this hike and try this ONLY if you are pro hiker with experience in all above mentioned activities.
If you need more information, please contact me directly.
If you followed my trail and my details provided have been helpful for you in your hiking journey, kindly leave a review on this post.
It helps other hikers and it will build a better hiking community. Thank you.
My Non Commercial and Non Profit Hiking Community friendly personal FB Page dedicated to UAE Hiking information and Trails.
https://www.facebook.com/Patricks-Hikes-101251445547970
We referred Ben Robbins's hike trail for our hike.
We hiked and summitted Jebel Qadaah (also known as Jebel Haqab) via the lesser hiked route of Wadi Ghail.
We deviated from Wadi Qadaah to Wadi Ghail, drove offroad as much as we could and then started our hike.
In the midway, we reached Ghail village with few houses.
From Ghail village, we proceeded by traversing along the Qadaah cliff walls to reach the saddle and further we soon merged with the Wadi Haqab Qadaah mountain trail.
We climbed the final push thorough a steep rocky patch that took quite some time and energy and soon reached the plateau of Qadaah and soon we were at the summit with the largest mountain flag ever hoisted in any of UAE mountains.
Further we hiked northwards to reach the bit higher twin peak of Qadaah, also known as Jebel Haqab and from there we descended into the trail connecting the Hebs villages with Ghail village at the SPAR Pass.
From this point, we hiked on a proper trail all the way back to Ghail village as a loop and further descended down to our cars as per our initial ascent hike.
Overall this hike is best for good Cardio workout, good elevation gain over short distance and some of the best views from the plateau.
We could see Jebel Yabana, Jebel Rahabah, Jebel Jais, Oman Musandam range and whole of Jebel Jais area of Wadi Shah section.
Stay safe, enjoy Hiking.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do Not Try Any Hikes If You Do Not Understand The Mountain Terrains, Dangers From Wildlife, First Aid, Hydration And Snacks, Your Own Fitness, Remote Activity Preparations, Communication Tools, Mountain Geography, Topography, Risk Factors, HSE Requirements, Hiking Risks, Fitness Level Of The Group Members.
Study All Above Matters Well Before Following Any Trails That You Find Online. Please Do Not Over Estimate Yourself.
Better Be Safe Than Put Yourself / Group In Danger And Regret Later.
Lately We Have Seen A Lot Of Unwanted Hiking Incidents That Could Have Been Avoided With Better Preparation.
Wikiloc is Only For Reference. There Can Be Errors On The GPS Recording Due To GPS Jumping In The Wadi Sections or Erroneous Recording.
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938 ft
Summit
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Be ready for loads of loose rock and slow steps. We did the loop the opposite way around. The way up in the original post doesn't have any markings and it's not a path. But easy to follow if you stick to the gpx/map (that was the way down for us, which again was super slow because of all the loose rock). And then the way down is a much clearer path relatively easy. Overall enjoyed it but definitely a bit of an adventure!
Thank you Enrique for the review.
Yes, I agree with you the challenges of this hike and accordingly I rated it and also added as many details as possible.
But your text is bit confusing as what path you took and in which sequence ??
Sometimes ascent route can be difficult to navigate to descent and similarly for descent route can be difficult for ascent.
As I had mentioned in my post, we had followed guidelines by Ben Robbins for this hike.
This trail as recorded gives as less trouble as compared to few other options of summitting Qadaah.
Overall this mountain is one of my favourites..
Enjoy hiking !!
I basically followed your route exactly but just the other way around! I wanted to do Ben's but didn't have enough time so I'm glad I found yours. Shorter and faster!
Hi Enrique,
Good to know.
Usually its easier to hike up in loose rocks area, and that's how we had a better experience as per my trail directions.
Usually when we follow trails recorded by others, we usually follow the trail as it was recorded (following their description)
Anyways, as long as is well, all is well.
Enjoy hiking.