UAE hikes in RAK - Yanas mountain trail loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.79 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,477 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,477 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,997 ft
- TrailRank
- 59
- Min elevation
- 1,765 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 6 hours 17 minutes
- Time
- 10 hours 58 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2906
- Uploaded
- March 19, 2021
- Recorded
- February 2021
near Baqal, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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Itinerary description
This hike can be shortened to 8km if you arrive by 4x4. Sedans can't reach the starting point of the trail. Therefore, it will add up another 9km of hiking through the dirt road.
Also, you can hike either in a loop like we did, or go only until Alkhatami village and come back the same way.
If you vhoose hiking in a loop, I would advice doing it in reverse, leaving the best views for the last part. A must do hike all in all!
Waypoints
Car park
1,767 ft
Parking for sedans, 4x4 can go 9km more
If you drive 4x4 you can reach trail head. We daw sedans going beyond this point, not sure how they did it, I won't advice. We also saw a sedan car strugling to climb up the steep hill.
Photo
2,557 ft
Photo-views from the dirt road
Had to walk tge dirt road for 9km, views were nice but dust from passing by cars not so much
Waypoint
2,800 ft
Start of the hike and parking for 4x4
Hiking trail starts here. If you choose to go reverse, you can start earlier as recorded on the app. There is no official path, but its easy to follow eikiloc into the wadi.
Panorama
Campsite
Summit
2,818 ft
Summit- al Khatami village
Frim here you can choose to continue and make a loop or come back same way. The best views already behind but for an adventure you can continue.
Waypoint
2,353 ft
Waypoint 9-look out for small wadi on your right
Aim for another wadi which you will see toward your right
Waypoint
2,318 ft
Waypoint 12-either climb the rocks up or look for easier way on your right
Easier way is to climb up from the right hand side as rocks are quite smooth
Waypoint
2,475 ft
Waypoint 16-paths
Follow the paths for a bit before going up unpathed hill. You will reach the main dirt road if you go up the mountain to the right
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