Wadi Naqab + Exploration of 1555
near Yinas, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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Itinerary description
Overall stats: 17.8km, +-1500m elevation, 10 hours
This route can be split in three sections:
Section 1: is Wadi Naqab hike up to the village
Section 2: hike from the village to the farm
Section 3: downclimbing to wadi and starting final climb up the peak
Section 1: is a popular hike in itself and starts as easy hike along wadi bed, gradually getting steeper. Trail is marked with cairns and stairs are arranged at steeper sections.
Section 2: is a stretch from village to remote farm, just hike along the same ridge from village gradually gaining the elevation
Section 3: from farm you'll face quite steep walls of our target mountain range and you need to find the best way to climb it from wadi bed below you. There's obvious line along which it's possible, from wadi bed there will be around 70m steep scrambling/easy climbing with no exposure just take care of every move (red line seems obvious, but I climbed along the green one). After the scramble you'll join the line along the Wall up to the ridge (orange). From there it's gradual long way up the peak.
Stock up on water, as 3.5l that I took wasn't enough and I had 2 last hours of hiking without a drop of it. Keep some in the car. There are some reservoirs with water at the bottom of wadi and in the village, but I wouldn't risk drinking it without filtering, maybe I'm wrong.
Waypoints
Top 1565
Altitude 1564 m Speed 0.0 km/h Azimuth 63 ° Accuracy 4.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
Bottom entravce
Altitude 1087 m Speed 0.1 km/h Azimuth 139 ° Accuracy 3.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
Potential entrance
Altitude 1088 m Speed 0.1 km/h Azimuth 154 ° Accuracy 3.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
Scramble down to Wadi bed
Altitude 1162 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
The ridge
Altitude 1318 m Speed 0.2 km/h Azimuth 315 ° Accuracy 3.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
The wall
Altitude 1234 m Speed 0.1 km/h Azimuth 227 ° Accuracy 4.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
The wall
Altitude 1234 m Speed 0.1 km/h Azimuth 227 ° Accuracy 4.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
Top entrance
Altitude 1194 m Speed 0.1 km/h Azimuth 254 ° Accuracy 3.0 m Created 2020-10-17 08:57:42
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Great route and awesome views at the top of the 1,555. Thanks for the route details 👍🏽. I did it today
Glad you liked it! Do you mean you did/run it in full by now today or you camped overnight? Just curious how long it took you to complete. Thanks for feedback.
Return trip:
5:00 hours moving time
7:30 hours with exploration and photos
I started at 4:30am from Wadi Naqab
That summit is amazing 🤩
That is very well done, but more important that you liked it. 👍
Hi Kozyriev,
We hiked this trail yesterday but with bit twists and turns of our own on the summit mountain and we descended by our known previous trail that descends from Twin brothers.
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/wadi-naqab-sheri-vlg-samarat-vlg-jebel-samarat-1550-summit-loop-127406343
On the first sight from Samarat village , this summit mountain looks like a vertical wall, but it is easily walkable terrain.
We enjoyed the hike and we enjoyed every bit of it.
Thank you Koziriev.