Naqab-Wadi SamPat-Baqal-Talah-Yibir SatComms Tower Hiking.
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.62 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,173 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 4,173 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,690 ft
- TrailRank
- 38
- Min elevation
- 478 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 5 hours 17 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 59 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3075
- Uploaded
- March 13, 2021
- Recorded
- March 2021
near Baqal, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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Itinerary description
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https://www.facebook.com/Patricks-Hikes-101251445547970
Please read the Safety related information at the end of this Description.
A challenging hike of 18 Kms with 1300 meters Elevation gain completed in total 9 hours including breaks.
Since 30 months of my Hiking life, while driving on E611 Highway towards RAK, I was always attracted to the Sat Comms Tower installed on top of Yibir mountain at 1425 meters elevation. I always wanted to reach there by Hiking.
2 years ago, my friend Samu and I had tried to reach it from Baqal and Talah village during April 2019 and we couldn't reach it for various reasons including unknown path and Fatigue.
This time we, a small group of 6 friends planned the hike to reach the Tower and succeeded.
We were helped very much by High Winds most of the Hike.
We hiked up from Wadi Naqab via the rarely hiked Wadi SamPat near the Naqab Dam that goes almost all the way up in left side along the Offroad trail to Baqal. There is lot of mild Bouldering and nice Fig trees on the Path. The Wadi touches the Baqal offroad trail about 500 meters before the village.
From Baqal village, we proceeded to the Talah village from the left side which is popular trail.There are some interesting modern Stone houses on the way. One house has its own Helipad too !!
From Talah village, we hiked up further towards Yibir Mountain offroad through the Talah village and then further hiked through a Wadi to reach the Sat Comms Tower mountain of Yibir at 1425 meters elevation.
While Descent, we explored more and took a different way down on MOuntain surface and to Talah village and again from there to Baqal village we hiked down using a different trail in the left ( rarely used by hikers ) and finally climbed down to Wadi Naqab from Baqal through the well known Offroad trail.
Overall, a challenging hike of 18 Kms with 1300 meters Elevation gain completed in total 9 hours.
Most of the Hike is on Mountain surface so planning of Shade, Water, Nutrition and other precautions are very necessary.
From Talah village end to the Tower, the Wadi is bit difficult to climb up. You need some climbing experience.
The return path from the Tower can be used to climb up and down instead of the wadi path.
Please study all matters well in this trail for safe Hike.
DO NOT TRY ANY MOUNTAIN HIKES IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MOUNTAIN TERRAINS, DANGERS FROM WILDLIFE, FIRST AID, WATER AND SNACKS, YOUR OWN FITNESS, REMOTE ACTIVITY PREPARATIONS, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, RISK FACTORS, HSE REQUIREMENTS, HIKING ALONE, NOT HAVING A GROUP WITH SIMILAR FITNESS.
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.
https://www.facebook.com/Patricks-Hikes-101251445547970
Please read the Safety related information at the end of this Description.
A challenging hike of 18 Kms with 1300 meters Elevation gain completed in total 9 hours including breaks.
Since 30 months of my Hiking life, while driving on E611 Highway towards RAK, I was always attracted to the Sat Comms Tower installed on top of Yibir mountain at 1425 meters elevation. I always wanted to reach there by Hiking.
2 years ago, my friend Samu and I had tried to reach it from Baqal and Talah village during April 2019 and we couldn't reach it for various reasons including unknown path and Fatigue.
This time we, a small group of 6 friends planned the hike to reach the Tower and succeeded.
We were helped very much by High Winds most of the Hike.
We hiked up from Wadi Naqab via the rarely hiked Wadi SamPat near the Naqab Dam that goes almost all the way up in left side along the Offroad trail to Baqal. There is lot of mild Bouldering and nice Fig trees on the Path. The Wadi touches the Baqal offroad trail about 500 meters before the village.
From Baqal village, we proceeded to the Talah village from the left side which is popular trail.There are some interesting modern Stone houses on the way. One house has its own Helipad too !!
From Talah village, we hiked up further towards Yibir Mountain offroad through the Talah village and then further hiked through a Wadi to reach the Sat Comms Tower mountain of Yibir at 1425 meters elevation.
While Descent, we explored more and took a different way down on MOuntain surface and to Talah village and again from there to Baqal village we hiked down using a different trail in the left ( rarely used by hikers ) and finally climbed down to Wadi Naqab from Baqal through the well known Offroad trail.
Overall, a challenging hike of 18 Kms with 1300 meters Elevation gain completed in total 9 hours.
Most of the Hike is on Mountain surface so planning of Shade, Water, Nutrition and other precautions are very necessary.
From Talah village end to the Tower, the Wadi is bit difficult to climb up. You need some climbing experience.
The return path from the Tower can be used to climb up and down instead of the wadi path.
Please study all matters well in this trail for safe Hike.
DO NOT TRY ANY MOUNTAIN HIKES IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MOUNTAIN TERRAINS, DANGERS FROM WILDLIFE, FIRST AID, WATER AND SNACKS, YOUR OWN FITNESS, REMOTE ACTIVITY PREPARATIONS, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, MOUNTAIN GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, RISK FACTORS, HSE REQUIREMENTS, HIKING ALONE, NOT HAVING A GROUP WITH SIMILAR FITNESS.
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.
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4,685 ft
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