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Footsteps
Mt Damavand Hiking Trekking Footsteps
MDG shares its experience for Mt Damavand climbing with other climbers to enjoys their outdoor adventures. This topic features brief and easy hiking trial Guide for beginner or casual hikers.

Best Timing and Climate for Hiking and Trekking the mountain is late spring to summer, when the footsteps pop-up from snow, which you can tread in other climber footprints and follow the track.

June, July, August and September are recommended months, during these months, the footpaths are usually free of snow and the Weather is relatively mild, the hikes in this season is suggested for a variety of skill levels and the trails and routes through south route are suitable from grasslands to highlands.

Mt Damavand Footsteps
Photo by A. Soltani

If you intend for a multi-day hike or backpacking trips into the mountains or a short and easy walk in into the mountain wilderness, read detailed trail and road directions in Google Earth, GPS Landmarks and Maps which help hikers of all skill levels to explore on their own, from easy to moderate full day hikes into the mountain.

Climb Mt Damavand, How to Climb, Common Mistakes, Difficulty are the best hiking guides. Covering spectacular footsteps details from Camp 2 Base to the Summit , hikers of all levels will appreciate the detailed descriptions related to the south route.

For two decade we led hikes to Iran mountains, recreation and outdoor. With our guidance, many people have themselves become enthusiastic hikers, finding new places and enjoying the journey have always been important to us.

The new editions of articles are completely revised and updated, including full colour maps and photos, improving the outdoor experience for hiking enthusiasts around the world.

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Drinking Water
Damavand Mountain provides breathtaking views and is among the best in the world for hiking & trekking in spring and summer, the peak is a very popular and well-traveled by hikers seeking green holidays, it attract many climbers and tourists each year.

What these people want from the mountain are space, silence, freedom and release from regulation. They don’t want to be told, don’t drink the water, don’t camp in the fields, hurry back to the city where it’s safe! these visitors need drinking water too.

The snow fall in winter is the main precipitation in the area which acts as a frozen reservoir for much of the year in different source of natural water such as springs, streams, rivers, lake and annual snowmelt.

But the question is “are these safe to drink untreated?”
You should make your own final judgments about the risk of drinking in the area, generaly speaking, the chance of falling off a cliff is much higher than getting sick by drinking ! Most pathogenic viruses can not survive in that harsh environment of the mountain.

Mt Damavand Iran, Summer View
Photo by Anosh Soltani

The springs have natural fresh drinking water, clear and pure and moving in streams are safe with no disease or harm to human, so it is almost ok to drink fast-moving ! And water filtration or purification in most parts is not necessary.

Where to find water
You can obtain your drinking water from various sources in and around the area, there are tap and bottel water at Camp1 Polour and Camp1 Reyneh. Furthermore you may find flowing in summer on Camp2 Base and Camp3 Bargah Sevom, But in colder seasons, there is no flowing water in the area and you must melt the ice and snow.

Other Sources
- Lar Dam Lake, on the west route is one of the main reservoir of fresh water for the capital city of Tehran.
- Permanent steams which are the main source local population such as Polour Village, Reyneh and Larijan Towns.
- Talkhrood River, on the east route, ending in caspian Sea, it is not recommended for drinking.
- Other Sesonal rivers and streams.

But if you prefer to be totally safe:
1 – You can buy fresh bottle water for drinking purpose available in 1.5 liter bottles and also in other convenient sizes, with natural spring source, the best-tasting in the world are produced around this mountain. They are cheap and affordable but carrying them to the high camps is the main problem and you will use a geart energy if you cary them, so to save time and physical energy you may use porter and mule to carry them to Camp3 Bargah Sevom.

Damavand Winter view
Photo by A. Soltani

Famous brands of bottled water in the area are:
- Polour Mineral Water, cool natural produced at the slope of this mountain.
- Damavand Mineral Water, is made in Cheshmeh Aalla of Damavand City about 20 Km far from Mt damavand, the city and its mineral botteld water has nothing to do with this mountain!
And some other brands are avalable in the area.

2- You can purify water, atleast for drinking purpose, but purified water will become tasteless after the process of purification.
Should you treat water to kill bacteria? This is your personal decision and depends on the risk you wish to take. We believe the risk is low and recommend it in two situations:
a- below cow and sheep pastures.
b- in slow flowing streams below heavily utilized campsites.

Recommendation
- Drink plenty of water
- Get your private water supply, use bottled,
- You need at least 2 letters of drinking water per day per person.

Warning
Water in streams below areas where sheep graze pose the greatest risk to hikers, the potential risk is the presence of pack animals that defecate directly into the water or manure may be swept into streams and rivers by summer storms and annual snowmelt. So don’t drink from seasonal streams/river between Base camp and the High Camp, and don’t camp where animals are grazing.

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Hosain Mirzaei climbed Mt Damawand at the age of 12,
he is the youngest Iranian climber to do so,
born 17 July 1996 , climbed 20 July 2008.
Congratulation to Hosain the youngest recorded climber.


Ramin Ketabi nickname Ramin Messner !
Damāvand Camp3 Bargah New Hut
Photo By A. Soltani


Mount Demdvand Camp3 Bargah Sevom, Kak Jamal Amini
Photo By A. Soltani


Mount Demāvand Base Camp, Saman Shorcheh in his tent
Photo By A. Soltani


Mt Demawend Base Camp,
Ramin Ketabi and Saman Shorcheh in tent
Photo by A. Soltani

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Photo gallery 2010 Mount Damavand Iran.

Mt Damavand Summit
From Left: Kak Sharif Rohi, Hamid Baqerpour, Ardeshir Soltani


Mt. Damawand Peak
Joint climb with Anjoman Kohnavardan Ouromiyeh,
FromWest Azarbaijan, Iran
From left: Reza Zarini, Morad Hajizadeh,
Javad Rahmani, Ardeshir Soltani


Mount Demavand Summit
Joint climb with a group from Turkey
Dr. Ismail Akkol, Dr. Ahmet Cemil Yildiz,
Dr. Bulent Cihangir, Ardeshir Soltani


Tierd and happy On the top of Damawand

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Amir Mohammadpour
Base Camp, Mt Damawand Iran


Ali Najafi
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Food
Climbing Food for Mt Damavand - Part 2
As you gain altitude and reach the Camp3 Bargah Sevom, you may lose your apetite and hunger and food can become less tasty and sometimes you should force yourself to eat or drink something, the higher you go, the more difficult becomes eating.

Water boils at a lower temperature above 4000 metres, it means that food would take more time to cook, so do not use raw beans, lentils etc, because it would take too much time and fuel to cook them. Find ready foods as alternatives, try instant foods which require a few added minutes to cook, these food are easy to find in the markets. Check expiry-dates .

When deciding on what kind of climbing food you may consider:
- easy to carry.
- easy to cook, nutritious with quick cooking .
- enough calories and vitamins.

The more real food you eat at altitude the better your body will perform. Bring enough to eat, weight loss is a fact on Mt Damavand, at that altitude your metabolism rate go up by 10%, and typically you lose weight around 2-3 kgs, drink plenty of water.

If possible prepare your own food with ingredients that you can get from local supermarkets, it is a good idea to have some fresh food with you too, you need about 100g meat & cheese per day. Keep eating a normal volume of food, it is not a right time to diet! But avoid fat.

Carbohydrates are the main component in climbing food, reducing carbs before a climbing will cause your endurance to drop, fructose and glucose are simple sugars and easy to digest, and provide a good source of quick energy. Honey is an easy digest long-burning energy, it is mainly source of natural sugar, fructose, glucose, natural vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, pack as lightly as you can.

Garlic is very good for altitude adaptation, it makes blood thin, most climber eat garlic, but do not eat too much and do not be worry about the smell, because you’re on the Volcano Damavand and you will forget all about it soon when you reach the volcanic area and smell sulphur gas.

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AMS
Generaly speaking, it is a very good sign if you have a good appetite on Damavand Mountain and specially above 4000 m, it means you are quite well and away from AMS, but if you get mountain sickness, you will loss your appetite and you can not eat or drink.

On the Climb
You may eat Biskuites, sweet, nuts, energy bars, powder energy drinks, candy bars, sports bars and jelly, chocolate.

Beakfast
Bon appetit! Bread, honey, cheese, peanut butter, eggs, fried eggs, Jam, tea or coffe, fresh or dried milk.

Lunch and Dinner
Enjoy your meal! Bread, mashed potatoes, soups, dry soups, cereals, instant rice, noodles, macaroni, pasta, sardines, tuna, potatoes, eggs, vegetables, dry potatoes, pudding mixes, instant hot cereal, instant rice, dried fruits, dried meat, salami, cheese.

Recommendation
One Day Prior to the Summit Day
- do not eat too much at night.
- stop eating one our before you go to sleep.
- keep walking 15 minuts after you dinner.
- never eat fat food on the mountain.

On the Summit Day
- Before the kick off, have a good breakfast plus two or three cups of tea or coffee add sugar.
- During the way eat sweet, cookie , biscuit , chocolate, energy bar
- You need at least 1.5 letters of water.
- Always avoid food fats.

Not Recommended
These foods are not recommended few days before or during your climb.
- Butter
- Cream
- Fat foods
- Pizza
- Some nuts like pistachio
- Some processed cheese

Useful Links:
ABC of Mountaineering, Climbing Food
Mount Everest by Climbers, Food
Climbing, Energy Food Review
Himalman’s Weblog, High Altitude Food – Climbing Food
Indoor Climbing, Prepare for a Rock Climbing Competition

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Food
Climbing Food for Mt Damavand - Part 1
Climbing high altitude such as Mount Damavand is a physical challenge and can be very exhausting, you should be mentally and physically ready for such a tough climb, the body will became exhausted as you gradually go up, you may help yourself by replenishment of the lost energy by eating and drinking proper food and fluids while climbing.

In a single climbing day you may burn up to 6K calories, it is more than you can compensate at the time. It is common to loss weight at an altitude like this mountain, almost all climber who have climbed Mt Damavand say that they have lost some weight, about 2 to 3 Kgs.

By eating proper food with the right amount of nutrients needed and easy to get down, will help your body to recover and get ready for the next days and therefore ideal as climbing food during you expedition, easy to carry foods to last you a day with enough calories and vitamins, but may not be suited to your taste.

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it is suggested to try out different foods before you go to a high altitude mountain, it is no good packing something you have never tried before, maybe you will not like it, and taste it in advance becouse if you don’t like it at home, you won’t like it on the mountain too, bring foods you enjoy.

Down before you start your trekking, fresh food is usually found everywhere, in the restaurant, hotel, supermarkets and local shops, make the most of these food to compensate the lost energy by eating properly before and after the climb.

All Useful foods
The following is general guidelines for all useful climbing food for any high mountain, you may bring different kinds of food for high camps and on the climbs, the food should be easy to carry and should contain carbohydrate, proteine, mineral and vitamins to give you enough calories, but may not be suited to your taste, rememmber avoid fat.

- bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, pasta casseroles, macaroni.
- fruits, dried fruits, raw carrots, vegetables.
- soups, instant soups, tortellini, cereals and oatmeal.
- cheese, tubed chease, peanut butter, jam, honey, eggs, boiled eggs.
- tinned meals, dried cheese & ham, tinned ham, hard salami, canned tuna, salmon and sardines.
- sweets, hot chocolate powder, milk powder, coffee and tea, chocolate, marzipan, snacks, candy,chocolate, candy bars, nuts, crackers, sports bars and sports Jelly,

Useful Links:
ABC of Mountaineering, Climbing Food
Mount Everest by Climbers, Food
Climbing, Energy Food Review
Himalman’s Weblog, High Altitude Food – Climbing Food
Indoor Climbing, Prepare for a Rock Climbing Competition

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Permit
Besides your visa process to enter some countries around the world, as a foreign climbers you may need some special permision for climbig to some well-known mountains too. Mt Damavand is among those famous mounts which need permit either for climbing or ski mountaineering. Mount Climbing Federation of Iran asks all foreigner who intend to attempt this mountain to pay for climbing permit.

The cost of permit fee is 50 USD per person for all foreigners regardless of their nationality.

The payment should be down to the representative of the mt federation or your tour leader in advance. When you travel to the mountain through a climbing tour, make sure the permit fee is included it the charges, but if you travel alone, pay the permit to the representive and get a ticket.

Mt. Damavand Iran
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It is not recommended to try to cheat the permit by going to other ways and by-passing the unusual route, because the representive is impolite and not tolerable in this regard and may try to get the fee by immoral ways. Unfortunately there has been some quarrel and misunderstanding between the foreign climbers and the federation representives in the past. See also Warning .

What a shame! We condemn such behaver to foreign climbers, and on the behalf of Mount Climbing Society in Iran, we are very sorry and ashamed of this kind behaver by the representive Iranian Mountain Climbing Federation.

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Cost
Cost and Price Mount Damavand Iran
The cost of a trip to this mountain is mainly depended to some factors such as the timing, itinerary, number of participants in a team, the required logistic, type of hotel and the type of the tour, ie private or shared tour package.

Generally speaking, the prices are low in summer and high in winter, and as the number of participant in a tour increases, the cost per person will decrease and a short itinerary is cheaper than a longer one.

There are some other factors which may effect the cost of travel to Iran such as, visa process for some foreigners, inflation in the country which increases some costs like hotel and transpor and the permit.

There are a lot of questions and requests about the cost and price of a tour or trip to Mt damavand, it is impossible to give a prcise quotation or even an estimation without having complete info.

So to enable us to give you the best possible quotation and discuss the details, it is recommended to clarify your itinerary and the number of persons in your group, the kind of logistic you need and give us an idea about your arrival date.

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Guide
Tour Guide for hiking & trekking and climbing are cheaper than high skilled guide for winter climb and ski mountaineering.

Hotel
There are many ordinary hostels and luxury hotels in Iran with a wide range of prices, do not merely rely on the guide books such as the Lonely Planet price lists , there are increases almost each year in Iran due to inflation, so make sure in advace for the latest changes, or give us an idea about the type of hotel you prefer for accomodation.

Itinerary
Your itinerary determines the price and cost of your trip, a two or three days short form itinerary are considerably cheaper than longer onse, but longer programmes such as four to five days are more easy and relaxing for ordinary people.

Number
The number of climbers in your team is also another major factor for calculation of the total cost, as the number increases, it will decrease the per person cost.

Timing
Clarify when you would like to ascend th mountain, because in winter and off season due to tough condition in the area, you need a very experienced guide, further more because of too much snow and ice, mules can not go up to the third camp Bargah Sevom 4220m, so porters should carry your gears, which will increases the costs. But as soon as the climate changes and the weather get warm, the prices decrease significantly.

Tour Private
In the private pakage tours you get the benefit of the best exclusive custom designed tours, so it is a little expensive compared to the shared tours.

Tour Shared
These tours are economy based and money matter tours to reduce your costs, but you must follow the team and there are not may options for fine tuning.

See also FAQ

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News 2010
Avalanche, 4 Feb 2010
Avalanche killed at least 8 and injured 2 in Iran.
Three powerful avalanches hit the road between Shemshak and Dizin Ski Resorts on Thursday 4 Feb 2010 at 14:30, burying may mountain climbers and skiers under the snow.The area is in a high avalanche zone and there has been heavy snowfall in the area since Wednesday.

The rescue operation started by 10 teams from near by cities immediately after the accident and with a long operation they have saved 50 pepole so far and found the bodies of the eight, some other are still reported missing, seven of the victims were climbers and the member of Damavand Mountaineering Club.

Three foreign nationals skiers were among the rescued, but there is no info about their names and nationalities yet. Injured were treated at a nearby hospital and the rest were given shelter in a Dizin and Shemshak hotels.

The road between Dizin and Shemshak connects the two popular ski resorts in Alborz Mountains about 70 kilometres north of Tehran, Iran.

Unfortunately, Farshad Khalili, a geart Iranian mountain climber and ski coach is among the victims. Our condolences to his family and Iranian Mountain Climbing Society.

Names of identified Victims
Ebrahimzade Ali Akbar
Kazemzadeh Hamid
Keshavarz Akbar
Khalili Farshad
Khorasani Mehdi
Shahpari Majid
Taheri Saeid
Nadia Najafi

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Names of Rescued Climbers
Abdolmohamadi Sara
Abolfazlzadeh Farshid
Ahmadi Elham
Amoei Atefeh
Bidrafteh Hassan
Cheraghali Morteza
Dehghani Mina
Derakhshan Sid Javad
Heydari Moghadam Hossain
Najafi Sara
Pazoki Mahbobeh
Pirasteh Mohamad Reza
Qazanfari Ali
Rajabi Masomeh
Rasoli Mina
Sajadi Sadegh
Sasan Shahrokh
Servat Peyman
Shafahi Fereshteh
Shojaei Parviz
Soltani Mojgan

Names of Rescued Skiers
Abrnejad Ashkan
Akhavan Golnoush
Arshadi Kamila
Falahian Reza
Falahian Shovan
Fathi Mohammad
Hanifi Elnaz
Hanifi Sara
Hasanzadeh Mohammad Ali
Hedayat Hossain
Hossaini Morteza
Moeini Saeid
Mohamadian Morovat
Mortazavi Amir Hosain
Pournemat Amir
Rahimi Ehsan
Rasami Sasan
Roozbehani Roya
Soltanian Amir
Tayefeh Hajilou Keyvan
Teimori Milad
Vatanpour Behnaz

سقوط بهمن در جاده شمشك - دیزین
چهارشنبه 14 بهمن 1388
در حادثه ریزش بهمن در ارتفاعات شمشك - دیزین تعدادی از کوهنوردان و اسکی بازان که برخی عضو کلوپ کوهنوردی و اسکی دماوند بودند كشته و مجروح شدند.

متاسفانه با خبر شدیم فرشاد خلیلی از بزرگان جامعه کوهنوردی و مربیان اسکی و پيشكسوت كوهنوردي ايران براي نجات شاگرد خود به دام بهمن افتاد و جان خودرا ازدست داد. به خانواده محترم ایشان و جامعه کوهنوردی ایران تسلیت عرض میکنیم. روحشان شاد و یادشان گرامی.

اسامی درگذشتگان سقوط بهمن
فرشاد خلیلی، مجید شه‌پری، اكبر كشاورز، مهدی خراسانی، حمید كاظم‌زاده، علی‌اكبر ابراهیم زاده و سعید طاهری، ناديا نجفي

اسامی کوهنوردان نجات یافته
مینا رسولی، فرشته برزا عباس شفاهی،‌علی غضنفری، مژگان سلطانی، عاطفه عمویی،‌ محبوبه پازوكی، محمد رضا پیراسته، سارا عبدالمحمدی، سارا نجفی، حسین حیدری مقدم، مرتضی چراغعلی، حسن بیدرفته، صادق سجادی، پرویز شجاعی، شاهرخ ساسان، پیمان ثروت، معصومه رجبی، مینا دهقانی، فرشید ابوافضل زاده، الهام احمدی، سید جواد درخشان (به دلیل شكستگی كمر در بیمارستان بستری شده است).

اسامی اسکی بازان نجات یافته
ساسان رسامی، احسان رحیمی، مرتضی حسینی، میلاد تیموری، رضا فلاحیان، كامیلا ارشدی، شوان فلاحیان، كیوان طایفه حاجیلو، بهناز وطن پور، سعید معینی، مروت محمدیان، امیرحسین مرتضوی، حسین هدایت، امیر سلطانیان، اشكان ابرنژاد، گلنوش اخوان، محمدعلی حسن زاده، محمد فتحی، الناز حنیفی، سارا حنیفی، امیر پورنعمت، رویا روزبهانی.

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How To Climb Mt Damavand
3 days climb from south face in detail

We would like to share our experience with the newcomers to teach them how to climb Mt Damavand. If you have ordinary climbing skills and common equipments and you are in a good physical conditions then you have a good chance of success, the southern face is not a technical route, it is merely a tough and long trek, in summer 2 to 4 days is usually enough for round trip. Visit also Routes.

Summer is the best season for ordinary climbers to tackle the mount, the suggested months are June, July and August, which the footpath is usually free of snow and the Weather is generally good, but there is one disadvantage, the mountain is crowded, so you need a good Timing to avoid the Crowd, Saturday to Monday are good for starting days, Please note it is not recommend to be in the area in Iranian weekends (Thursday and Friday).

Mt Damavand Iran, Summer View
Photo by A. Soltani

It is possible to ascent in two different ways:

A – 3 days Itinerary
It is recommended for all climber residence or located in Tehran and around the mountain.

Day 1 - Transfer1&2 + Trekking To Camp3
Go by car from Tehran to Camp1 Polour, change the car and by a 4WD car drive to Camp2 Base, and by 4 to 6 hours trekking to Camp3 Bargah Sevom, over night in New Hut .

Day 2 - Climbing to the Summit
Start climbing at 5 AM towards the summit , return back to camp3, rest second nigh at camp3.

Day 3 - Return
Return back from camp3 to camp1 and then drive to Tehran .

Or

B – 3 Days Itinerary
Recommended for incoming foreign climbers who wish to do the climbing as their first destination in Iran.

Day 1 - Arrival + Transfer1
Go by car directly from IKA International Airport to Camp1 Polour, just rest in Polour Hut for acclimatization.

Day 2 - Transfer1 + Trekking To Camp3
Go by car from Polour to Camp 2 - Base, and by 4 to 6 hours trekking to Camp 3 Bargah Sevom, stay over night at New Hut.

Day 3 - Climbing to the Summit + Return
Start climbing at about 5 AM, towards the summit and then return back to camp3. After one hour rest, go to camp2, drive to camp1 and then to Tehran.

Mt Damavand South Route Map

Transfer 1
How to Reach the First Camp, Polour Hut
Tehran > Haraz Road > Polour Village > Polour Hut (2 hours)
If you travel from Tehran, use Polour Hut in Polour Village which is a shortcut and the best starting point of the south route. There is a montain resort which belongs to Iran Mountain Climbing Federation, you can use it or ask for a taxi to take you to the Base Camp ( goosfand Sara, Mosque)

Transfer 2
How to Reach the Second Camp, Camp 2 Base
Polour Village or Polour Hut > Camp 2 Base
(Persian Name: Goosfand Sara, Masjed, Saheb Zaman Mosque)
Strong cars such as 4WD land rovers and Jeeps take you to the Base Camp, (approx 1 hour). If you live in a city with low elevation. Remember this campste is not suitable for either acclimatization or accommodation in summer, because it is too crowded and too dirty. See also Warning . Start your trekking towards camp3. In summer, You can find mule and porter here.

Trekking To Camp3
How to Reach the Third Camp, Camp3 Bargah Sevom, New Hut
(Persian name Bargah Sevom Camp)
By 4 to 6 hours slow trek you can reach the 3rd Camp, do not carry heavy equipments yourself, hire porters and mule, use the footprints, it is easy to find the footpath, go slow and steady, start in the morning so you have plenty time to find the hut (or refuge) and enough time for acclimatization, use the day light only, never start at the darkness.

Climbing to the Summit
South face has a moderate climbing slop, is not technical difficult, but climbers should be physically fit enough to try it, by 5 to 7 hours climbing you can reach the summit, do not carry heavy gear to the top, it is safe to leave your heavy stuff at New Hut or your tent, only take necessary things with you, do not attempt at night, In a good weather, starting at about 5 am is recommended.

Important
Visit the Common Mistakes .

Tips for the Summit Day
- Before the kick off double check up all your necessary gears.
- If possible check the weather forecast.
- Have only short breaks during the climb, do not rest more than 5 minutes per rest.
- From camp3 upwards there is no water, food or shelter.
- Use the footprints, if you are not sure use a guide.

Food & Drink for the Summit Day
- Eat a good breakfast plus tea or coffee.
- Eat some sweet, cookie , biscuit , chocolate during the way.
- you need at least 1.5 letters of water.

Return Back
After reaching the summit do not stay too long there, take few pictures and return back to Camp3 it about 3 hours to reach the campsite.

Road Map Tehran To Mount Damavand

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