Damavand
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 17.25 mi
- Elevation gain
- 11,575 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 515 ft
- Max elevation
- 18,314 ft
- TrailRank
-
40
2.5
- Min elevation
- 7,253 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 1425
- Uploaded
- June 14, 2013
- Recorded
- July 2007
near Polūr, Māzandarān (Iran)
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Itinerary description
Persia is home of ancient culture and wonderful history. The country is known as Iran in recent era and is blessed with very beautiful and interesting mountains in Alborz and Zagros Mountain Chains worth to be visited and climbed. The highest peak of Iran is Damavand which is the amazing hero of Iranian myth and folklore.
The oldest name of this volcan is Donbavand (mountain of many faces). But Ferdowsi Tusi, the highly respected Persian poet (940–1020 CE) in Iran has mentioned it in his famous book Shahnameh as Damavand (دماوند), meaning the snowstorm.
Elevation 5,610 m (18,406 ft)
Prominence 4,667 m (15,312 ft)
The oldest name of this volcan is Donbavand (mountain of many faces). But Ferdowsi Tusi, the highly respected Persian poet (940–1020 CE) in Iran has mentioned it in his famous book Shahnameh as Damavand (دماوند), meaning the snowstorm.
Elevation 5,610 m (18,406 ft)
Prominence 4,667 m (15,312 ft)
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I Love Iran
amazing
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full trail with no mistake. I tried south face and wrote my report in http://jelodar.com/show/1/%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF