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Guide
Welcome to MDG, the ultimate Iran nature and travel guide.
Based in Tehran near Alborz Mountains, we offer quality hiking and cultural guiding services to all tourists wishing to visit iran nature, lanscapes and mountains.
We offer a wide range of tours and private guiding, covering a variety of outdoor activities, which range from a simple summer hiking, ideal for complete beginner, up to advanced winter climbing and alpine style, with high qualified guides to share their experience to give you the best chance of success.
If you are planning a visit to Iran for hiking & trekking or a cultural and historical tours, then this is the right web site to use to get all the info you need to enjoy your holiday trip.

Mt Damavand Guide iran

We have been climbing for over 30 years and guiding for 20 years, our guides are guarantee of safety and quality days in the mountains, our mountain guides are senior and the most experienced ones in Iran, some have climed more than 100 times to the Mt Damavand summit and are the members of 100 Damavand Club, some are memmbers of Iran Mountain Federation.

Guiding Activities
- Bird watching, nature sightseeing
- Butterfly catching
- Camel riding
- Caravansaries
- Cave touring, Ali Sadre, Katalekhor, Karafto, QuriQaleh, Sahoolan
- City historical residential buildings
- Climbing, Alborz and Zagros mountains
- Cultural, historical sites
- Ecosystem, fauna and flora, natural attractions
- Hiking & trekking, natural beauties
- Historical tour, Isfahan, Kashan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman
- Ice Climbing, Hamaloon icefall
- Mount Damavand
- Mountain Biking, Alborz mountains
- Mountaineering, Alborz and Zagros ranges
- Museums, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran,
- Nature and adventure, landscapes of persia
- Nomadic, Qashqaei, Bakhtiari, Kurd, Shah Savan, Turkman
- Outdoor tourism activity, Outdoor Recreation
- Research, biological, ecological
- Rock climbing, Alam Koh
- Safari desert
- Silk Road
- Ski, Ab Ali, Darbandsar, Dizin, Shemshak, Tochal
- Ski Mountaineering, Mt Damavand
- Snowboard, Ab Ali, Darbandsar, Dizin, Shemshak, Tochal
- Winter climbing, Mt Damavand

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Tour

Tours
Climbing, Hiking , Historical Tours Iran.
We organize a wide range of incoming tours for climbing, hikking, ecosystem, historical and caltural in Iran, outdoor tourism activity with excellent services and qualified teams to support groups and individuals in tailor made categories. We offer the best competitive quotations, let us know if need some info about your travel.

Hiking & Trekking Tours

Cave Tours
Iran is home of wonderful caves. Ali Sadr Cave is one the largest water caves in the world, offering the use of canoes to visit the most part of it.

- Ali Sadr Cave, ghar ali sadr, Hamedan.
- Katalekhor Cave, ghar katalekhor, Zanjan.
- Karafto Cave, ghar krafto, kordestan iran
- QuriQaleh, Quri Qaleh Cave, ghar ghuriqaleh, Kermanshan
- Sahoolan Cave, ghar sahoolan, mahabad
- Shapour cave, Tang e Chowgan,
ghar shapour, kazeroon, ancient cave carving,
- Vara Cave, ghar vara, Gahrom, Jahrom

Cultural and Historical Tours
Iran is the homeland of a world's great empires, and one of the most advanced civilization in the world in ancient times, with more than 10000 years of history and historical sites dating back to over 8000 years ago, it is the home of history and calture, the Achaemenid and the Sasanian Persian Empire, with several world heritage sites and excellent museums, many palaces, temples, residential buildings, gardens and architectural zones to help bring its rich past alive. A good trip for the history lovers.
Visit Persia's magnificent rich culture and historic sites of an ancient civilization, historical Iranian tourist attraction registered in the UNESCO List. World heritage sites in Iran, Caslte, City, Temple

- Anahita Temple Bishabour, Kazeroon
- Bam Kerman
- Bisotun kermanshah
- Bridges Isfahan
- Gonbad Soltaniyeh Zanjan
- Kashan historical sites
- Meidan e Shah esfahan
- Naseroldin Shah Palace, sharestanak
- Pasargadae Shiraz
- Persepolis Shiraz
- Prehistoric cave
- Shapour Cave, Kazeroon
- Takht e Soleyman Kermanshah
- Waterfalls Shushtar
- Yazd historical sites
- Zigorat Choghazanbil, Tchogha Zabnil Khosestan

Hiking & Trekking Tours
Visit natural beauties, sightseeing and landscapes of persia, Iran is paradise of natural attractions, forests, deserts, ecosystem, waterfall, lake and river.

- Canyon, Caves, hill, mountain, ski resort, valley,
- Island, lake, river, salt lake, swamp, waterfall, wetland
- Desert, ecosystem, forest, garden, jungle, nature, protected wildlife
- Bird watching, butterfly catching
- Nomadic and outdoor activity tours
- Thermal spring, minral hot water, spa
- Village, biological

Mount Climbing Tours
We also organize climbing tours to other Iran mountains in Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges
- Mount Alam koh 4850m, Kelardasht, Gilan Provice
- Mount Alvand, Hamedan, Hamedan Provice
- Mount Dena 4250m, Yasuj, kohgiloyeh va Boyerahmadi Provice
- Mount Oshteran, Doroud, Lorestan Provice
- Mt Sabalan 4820, Ardebil, Ardabil Provice
- Mount Shirkoh, Yazd, Yazd Provice
- Mount Tochal 3960m, Tehran
- Mount Zardkouh, Bakhtiyari Provine

Mount Damavand Tours
Specialist in Mount Damavand climbs, we had 24 consecutive climbs to Mt Damavand summit in 2007, it is the first rank in Damavand ascends record for a single year, we take many foreign teams and individuals climbers to the top each year, we share our experience to give you the best chance of success.
We organize regular private tailor made and shared tours for Mt Damavand. Our mountain guides are senior and most experienced ones, some have climed more than 100 times to the summit and are member of 100 Damavand Club, and memmber of Iran Mountain Federation.

Nomadic Iran Tour
Meet nomads tribes migration, moving in the mountains from one place to new homeland with their cattle, experience living with Iranian nomads.
- Qashqaei, Ghashghaei Nomads, Fars and Isfahan Provice
- Bakhtiari,Bakhtiyari, Kohgiloyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Charmahal Bakhtiyari Province
- Kurd, Kord, Kermanshah, kurdestan province
- Shah Savan, Azarbaijan, Ardabil Province
- Turkman, Torkman, Golestan Province

Other Tours
- Mountain Biking Tours
- Horseback Riding
- Adventure Tours

Rock Climbing Tours
There are some big climbing walls in Iran, Alam Koh wall about 800 meters is the hightest, starting at 4200m to the summit well known for foreign climbers.

Research Tours
Visit Iran fauna, flora and various specious of animals and plants, biological and geological zones, minerals and fossils, discovered by the scientific communities, eco-tour research.
- Fauna and flora
- Biological Geological, geographical,
- Minerals and fossils

Safari Desert Tours
Visit remarkable Iran salt lake deserts and caravansaries, gravel routes, running sands, absolute silence and peace, stars shining in desert dark sky night.

- Abar Kooh, abar Koh
- Ardakan,
- Caravansary
- Dasht e Lut, Kavir e lout
- Dasht e Kavir,
- Desert ecosystem of iran
- Desert safari
- Kavir national park
- Khoor and Biyabanek
- Maranjab Salt Lake Desert,
- Maranjab desert silk route
- Salt Lake Kashan

Silk Road and Camel Riding Tours
A major part of the Silk Road is located in Persia, in old ages many commercial caravans have passed this part of the persian silk road, visit iteresting remains of old caravansaries and water reservoirs , experince camel-riding and horse-riding. Silk Road, the old commercial trade road in the past ran across much of the world from China in Asia to Europe and Mediterranean Sea, transporting people, goods, foods , ideas and religions. This road was about 12,000 km long, and it was the main commercial link between the greatest anciant civilizations of the world, Persia, China, Mongolia, Indian, , Rom, Greece, Egypt, a part of this route was through anciant Persia or Iran.

- Camel Riding
- Caravansary, visit ancient caravansaries of the Persia, Yazd, Kashan, Isfahan, Tehran
- Silk Road

Ski, Snowboard and Ski Mountaineering Tours
Alborz and Zagros Mountains are the best ski zones in Iran, with mild skiable slopes for ski in winter or spring.
You may also ski on grass in summer in Dizin Ski Resort.

- Ab Ali ski resorts 2650m, piste
- Alam koh 4850m, Kelardasht, off-piste, wild ski
- Alvand, Hamedan, piste
- Damavand 5671m, off-piste and wild ski,
- Darbandsar ski resort 3150m, piste
- Dena 4250m, Yasuj, piste
- Dizin ski resort 3600m, piste, off-piste, wild ski
- Sabalan 4820, Ardebil, piste
- Shemshak 3050m, piste, off-piste, wild ski
- Tochal 3960m, Tehran, piste
- Yasuj, piste

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Hike

Hiking & Trekking Iran
Online encyclopedia of Iran Sightseeing
Iran has numerous beautiful hiking area with trails for different types of natural wildlife and ancient history sites for hiking & trekking and outdoor activities,
To name some of these natural beauties of iran reference should be made to altitude and summit in Alborz and and Zagros Mountain, protected and wildlife zone, plains and desert ecosystem, gardens and recreational places, lakes and wetlands, rivers and waterfalls, sightseeing such as natural parks, Mt Damavand natural poppy fields and tulips, natural thermal springs, minral water and SPA.
Damavand is popular for hiking & trekking and outdoor activities, April, May, June, July and August are the best and recommended timing for hiking in Iran natural environments because trails are usually free of snow and the weather is relatively fine especially in mountain area .

Hiking & Trekking Iran

Difficulty and Hiking Grade
The difficulty grade of hiking & trekking in Iran is different and includes all levels for all type of physical ability of tourists and hikers traveling to Iran.

One Day
Or a single day hike, this refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day and not requiring an overnight camping, like a mountain hike to a lake or summit, beautiful places can be reached overland by this kind hiking.

Multi-Day
Or long duration walking, the best way to see the nature in the mountainous regions which requires overnight camping, and backpacking.

Easy
hike for ordinary tourists , visiting iran nature with trails and historical sites.

Difficult Walking
Applied to mountain hikes in mountainous regions and summit, or through dense forest, backpacking is required, hikers see the nature better than a tour in a vehicle of any kind, such as hikhiking & trekking mt damavand iran .

Horseback or Camel Riding
When access by public transportation is not easy, this hiking refers to cross-country riding-walking of a longer duration than a simple walk and usually over terrain.

Major Sightseeing Zones in Iran
Biologic
vegetation,
poppy fields damavand mt
damavand flora fauna

Canyon
dareh vashi, tang vashi, tang washi

Caslte
castles in Iran
Alamut
Arg of Karim Khan
Arg-é Bam
Ark of Tabriz
Babak Fort
Chogha Zanbil
Dimdim Castle
Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, Dej Shapour Khast Khoram Abad Lorestan Province
Fort of Our Lady of the Conception
Furg citadel
Ghal'eh Dokhtar
Ghal'eh Paeen-Shahr
Karim Khan Castel, Shiras
Lambsar
Meimoon Ghal'eh
Mount Khajeh
Narin Qal'eh
Nehbandan citadel
Palace of Ardashir
Rayen Castle
Rudkhan Castle, Rood Khan,
Shush Castle
Takht-e Soleymān
Tappeh Sialk
Tus citadel
Zahhak Castle
Ziwiyeh
( Arg = Citadel , Ghal'eh = Fortress , Dezh = Castle )

Caves,
Ali Sadre, AliSadr cave, ghar ali sadr, Hamedan iran.
Katalekhor, Katalekhor Cave, ghar katalekhor, Zanjan Iran.
Karafto, kordestan iran
QuriQaleh, Quri Qaleh Cave, ghar quriqaleh, Kermanshan
Sahoolan, Cave Sahoolan, ghar sahoolan, mahabad
Shapour, Shapour cave, ghar shapour, kazeroon
Vara Cave, ghar vara, Gahrom, Jahrom

City
Abadan, Khosestan Province
Anbaran,
Esfahan, Isfahan,
Kerman, Kerman Province
Khansar,
Kashan,
Niasar,
Shoosh, Khosestan Province
Shiraz, Fars Province
Susa, Khosestan Province
Tehran, Tehran Province
Yazd, Yazd Province

Desert
Ardakan Desert (Siyah Kooh),
Abar Kooh Desert,
Bahadoran, Saqand,
Behesht Abad, between Anar and Rafsanjan
Dasht Kavir
Haji Abad and Zarrin Abad Deserts, Kashaf Rood Valley,
Herat and Merosat, Behesht Abad,
Lout, Dasht Lout, Loot Plain, Zahedan.
Maranjab,

Forest
Abr, abr forest abr, jangle, abr jungle, fog forest,
Bazoft Forest Zone, Shahr-e-Kord,
Chaloos Forests, Noshahr,
Sisangan Forest, jangl e sisangsn

Garden
Dowland Abad Garden, Yazd
Eram Garden Shiraz,
Fin Kashan,
Mahan Summer Resident Places, Kerman

Glacers
Mt damavand Iran Glaciers
Arosakha
Chalchal Glacier
Dobi Sel
Kafar Dareh Glacier.
Sioleh
Summit Glacier
Yakhar Glaciers,

Historical
Historical Iranian ancient tourist attraction and historic site , Some of the following historic sites have been registered in the UNESCO List.

Armenian Monastic Ensembles
Three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christians living in Iran. St Thaddeus, St Stepanos and the Chapel of Dzordzor. The oldest 7th century

Bam
An ancient walled city originally built under Achaemenians. Kariz made life possible in this oasis iranian ancient history

Bisotun
It is the largest inscription of the world consisting of 1119 lines of cuneiform in three languages. The rock relieves depict Darius the great while

Historical bridges isfahan
Si o se poul esfahan, Pol e Khajoo, River Zayandeh Roud

Kakh Naseroldin Shah
Naseroldin Shah Palace

Meidan e Shah
A huge square with monuments on four sides, two storeyed arcades in Esfehan shiraz history,

Pasargadae
The capital of the first dynastic Persian Empire, Achaemenians, founded in the 6th century B.C.

Persepolis, Most famous and popular site in Iran, tourist attraction and historic site, palace complexr Darius the Great 518 B.C.

prehistoric cave

Shushtar Waterfalls
The masterpieces of engineering at the time of ancient Iranians. The entire collection includes waterfalls, dams, bridges, basins, mills

Soltaniyeh, The capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty where the mausoleum of Oljaytu is located. This masterpiece of architecture

Takht e Soleyman
an archaeological site in the mountains, it consists of the temples, Palaces

Tchogha Zabnil
Temple, Tourist attraction and historic site, kingdom of Elam, c. 1250 B.C.

Islands
Kish Island, Bandar Abbas
Qeshm Island, Qeshm

Lakes and Wetlands
Anzali Wetland, Anzali
Aq Qala Wetland, Atrak
Avan Lake, Qazvin Province
Azar Goshasb,
Caspian Sea, Gilan and Mazandaran Province
Dasht Arjan, Shiraz, Fars Province
Haft barm lake, Shiraz, Fars Province
Hamoon lake,
Lar Dam Lake
Latian
Mt Sabalan Lake
Oromiyeh, Uromiyeh Lake, West Azarbayjan, Iran
Parishan, Kazeroon, Fars Province
Salt lake,
Valasht lake, Kelar Dasht

Mountains
Alam koh alamchal, khersan, sarchal, siasang,
Alvand ganj nameh hamedan, Mt Alvand Mt Alvand
Bistoon mountain
Dena mountain zagros, garaneh Bijan, Sichoni
Dena yasuj, sisakht, cheshmeh pouneh, Zagros
Mt Damavand
Mt tochal , palangchal,
Sabalan ardabil, sabalan iran, Mount Sabalan
Shir koh yazd, shirkouh,

Mountain Camps
Amiri refuge shelter, Mt Tochal
Base camp, goosfand sara, damavand
Camp 3 Bargah
Camp 3 New Hut
Palangchal, Mount Tochal
Kolakchal, Shirpala, Mt Tochal
Polour village hut Polur Camp,
Reyneh Mountain Federation hut, Reineh town resort,
Siasang Shelter, Mt Tochal
Taftantahkt feridon shelter refuge camp mt damavand


Protected Wildlife Zone
Dena wildlife protected zone, Boyer Ahmad
Jahan Nama protected zone, Gorgan
Kavir desert national park and wildlife, Qom
Tondureh national park, Quchan

River
Abhar River
Aji Chay
Alamut River
Aras River, Araz
Arvand Roud
Atrek River
Bahu Kalat River
Chaloos River
Dez River
Diyala River
Do Hezar River
Halil River
Haraz River
Helmand River
Hirmand
Jajrood River
Karaj River
Karkheh River
Karun, Karoon
Kojoor River
Koohrang
Lar River
Little Zab
Noor River
Qom River
Quri Chay
Sardab River
Se Hazar River
Sefīd-Rūd, Sepid roud,
Shahrood River
Shatt al-Arab
Sumbar River
Zangmar River
Zarriné-Rūd
Zāyandé-Rūd, Zayandeh Roud,

Ski Resorts
Abali ski resort,
Darbandsar ski resort, Ski
Dizin ski resort
Shemshak ski resort iran, ski
Tochal Ski resort
Yazd ski resort,

Temple
dash kasan solar temple zanjan,
Anahita, or Nahid, Konkobar
Temple of Artemis, in Kangavar,Achaemenian period, 550 BC to 330 BC,
The temple of Anahita at Ecbatana

Termal Springs, Minral Water, SPA
thermal mineral water, Thermal Spring pools, spa bath
Abe garm larijan damavand
Badab, Larijan, Qotor Soei
Hot spring larijan reyneh damavand
Nayer thermal spring,
Qotor soei thermal spring , iran,
Shabil ardebil thermal spring,

Village
Abr
Abianeh
Kandovan, 60 km soutwest of Tabriz
Masooleh, in the Elburs Mountains
Rostaye abr, Village Abr

Waterfall
Ganj Nameh, Hamedan
Shalmasht, Sardasht
Shooshtar
Maregoon, Sepidan
Nozhian
Sangan
Savashi, Siavashi, Tang Vashi
savashi waterfall,
shooshtar waterfal iran Waterfall-Shooshtar
vashi, washi waterfall in iran
Yasooj, Yasuj

World Heritage Sites in Iran
Tchogha Zanbil
Persepolis
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Takht-e Soleyman
Pasargadae
Bam Cultural Landscape
Soltaniyeh
Bisotun
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
Shushtar

Historic Monument of Kangavar
Historic-Natural Axis of Isfahan City
Historical Ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin
Historical Ensemble of Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardebili
Hyrcanian Forest (Caspian Forest)
Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan
Jiroft
Kaboud Mosque
Kerman Historical-Cultural Structure
Khabr National Park and Ruchun Wildlife Refuge
Khorramabad Valley
Kuh-e Khuaja
Lut Desert (the vicinity of Shahdad)
Mangrove Forest (Harra Reserve)
Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
Persepolis and other relevant buildings
Qanats of Gonabad
Qeshm Island
Sabalan
Shahr-e Sukhteh
Shush
Silk Route (Also as Silk Road)
Susa
Tape Sialk
Taq-e Bostan
Tehran Historical � Cultural Axis (Golestan Palace)
The Collection of Historical Bridges
The Complex of Handmade Settlements in Iran (Maymand Village)
The Complex of Izadkhast
The Cultural Landscape of Uramanat
The Cultural-Natural Landscape of Ramsar
The Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities in Fars Province (Bishabpur, Firouzabad, Sarvestan)
The Historical City of Masouleh
The Historical City of Maybod
The Historical Port of Siraf
The Historical Structure of Yazd
The Historical Texture of Damghan
The Historical Village of Abyaneh
The Historical�Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh
The Sepulcher Towers (Gonbad-e Ghabous)
The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province
Touran Biosphere Reserve
Tous Cultural Landscape
Zozan

Others
Dasht havij, dasht e havij pampas,
Prophet Khaled Nabi
Road AsalemKhalkhal
Zigurat, ChoghaZanbil
Cemetery-Mysterious
Haraz Vally
koohrang, kohrang tunnels safavid
Tunnel koohrang water, River-Zayandeh Roud
Poppy fields

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Ski-AbAli

Ab Ali Ski Resort
Iran has so many excellent mountains to offer for mountaineering, hiking & trekking, winter sports, skiing, snowboarding, down hill skiing, gliding and mountain bicycling.
Ab Ali Ski Resort was the first ski slope to install mechanical ski lifts in Iran in 1953, located 70 Km NE of Tehran on the Haraze Road, it is the closest ski piste to Mt Damavand, with nice slopes for beginners and intermediates skiers.
This small slope is the birthplace of modern ski and the base of winter sport in Iran, it has a training site with skilled coaches giving good opportunity for newcomers to learn ski, it has some stalls which rent ski gears at low price, the entrance ticket is cheap too.

Ab Ali Ski Resort Tehran, Iran
Photo By Naghashzade

This resort is situated in one of Iran touristic zones with a cool climatic in summer which also offers some wonderful non-skiing interests such as hiking & trekking, mountain climbing, thermal spring water, holy shrine Imam Zade Hashem, beautiful Mosha Village with lots of villas, many traditional restaurants and recreational facilities, making this region much unique from other ski fields in Iran.
There is also a private ski field owned by Iran Oil Company for their members, and an education's piste which is a comfortable training site.

Targeted Activities
Hiking, mountaineering, winter sport, skiing, snowboarding, off-piste skiing, mountaineering, down hill skiing, boarding
Other sports activities in the resort, tennis, horse riding and gliding.

Resort Statistics
Ab Ali lift facilities
Total 9 Ski Lifts
1 Telecabin, Gonola, Cable Cars
5 Dish tele-ski, surface lifts
3 Hammer tele-skis, surface lifts
6 restaurants
1 Hotel

Quick Facts
Oldest ski resort in Iran, built in 1932
Altitude: 2650m
Vertical Drop: 250m
Highest Lift: 2650m
Lowest Piste: 2400m
Resort Altitude: 2250m
Snow Depths: 1 to 2m
Skiing at night: No
Distance from Tehran: 70km

Season Availability
Skiing season varies from December to March.
Open to Public: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, all year round.

Disadvantage
Very crowded in winter.

Weather
6 Day Weather Forecast for Ab Ali Resort

Location
Located on Haraz Road 70km East of Tehran , Ab Ali Town, State Tehran, Country Iran.

Nearest Airport
IKA International Airport or Mehrabad Airport Tehran , Iran.

How to go, Transportation to Ab Ali Resort
Fly to Tehran IKA International Airport and then travel by road to Haraz Road . Only accessible by road and can be reached by coach or car. The journey time is about 60 to 80 minutes drive from Tehran, about 70 Km. After a heavy snowfall, snow chains may be necessary for some part of the journey.

There is no railway station in the area, the closest railway station is at Tehran.
Note - Haraz Road is crowded with traffic jams in weekends.

Major Ski Resorts Near Āb Alī - Ab Ali
Mount Damavand 25 km
Shemshak 51 km Darbandsar 53 km
Tochal 62 km
Dizin 63 km
Lasem off piste ski area 55 Km

Other Ski Resort In Iran
Alvares, Ardabil, Ardakan-Fars
Chelgard, Shahr e Kord,
Damavand, Larijan, Darbandsar,Dizin, Tehran
Kakan, Yasuj, Khor, Khoor, Khoshaku, Urmia,
Kuhrang, Kohrang, Bakhtiyari,
Sahand, Tabriz, Sepidan, Kohkiluyeh v Boyerahmad,
Shahmirzad, Semnan, Shandiz, Khorasan, Shemshak,
Tarik darreh, Hamadan, Tochal, Tehran

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Ski-Darbandsar

Darbandsar Ski Resort
Darbandsar ski resort is is one of the best private slopes in Iran, located at Darbandsar Village 60 kilometers north east of Tehran in middle of Alborz Mountain Range near Mount Damavand. This small resort is on the slopes Mount Seechal, it is one of the 7 major ski resorts near capital and after the Shemshak Zone, it is the second most challenging resort in the region.
You may ski from Dizin to Darbandsar, but go back by car! If you like to ski continuously without losing your time in lifts queues, this resort is the best choice, because it is not crowded even during the peak of ski season, a great number of ski lovers attend this field.

Darbandsar Ski Resort Tehran, Iran
Photo By Kamran

It also offers some good slopes for off-piste skiing and snowboarding for holidays and weekends, the area is a heaven for extreme skiers, a suitable place for acclimatization and practicing before attempting ski mountaineering in Mt Damavand Iran.
The Darbandsar resort is located in th Rundbar e Ghasran tourist mountain zone which includes some majestic tourist zone such as Maygoon, Zagoon, Shemshak, Darbandsar, Fasham, Oushan.
There is a great icefall closed to Darbandsar village called Hamaloon icefall, which is an ideal place for ice climbing, so there are alot to enjoy yourself.

Hamaloon Icefall Tehran, Iran
Photo By Summitpost

Targeted Activities
Hiking, mountaineering, winter sport climbing, ice climbing, skiing, scrambling, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, off-piste skiing, rock, mountain bicycle, ski mountaineering.

Resort Statistics
Resort Type: Alpine
Board Leashes required: No
Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available
Variable Snow and Ice conditions!
From ice early in the morning to cream in afternoon
There are good coaches to teach you ski too.

Season Availability
Skiing time December to April
Open to Public: Weekdays.

Quick Facts
Altitude: 3150m
Snow Depths: 2 to 4m
Vertical Drop: 500m
Highest Lift: 3150m
Lowest Piste: 2650m
Skiing at night: No
Built in 1982
2nd choice in Roodbare Ghasran area.
Different levels: from beginner to experts.

Facilities
Total 5 Ski Lifts
2 ski lift, chair lifts,
2 hammers
1 surface
Lift times: weekdays only
2 restaurants

Major Ski Resorts Near Darbandsar
Shemshak 2 Km
Dizin 10 Km
Mt Tochal 22 Km
Ab Ali 52 Km
Mt Damavand 55 Km

Disadvantage
lack of accomodation and a low capacity of car park

Weather Forecast
6 Day Weather forecast and snow summary Darbandsar and Iran

Location
Located in the Alborz Mountains, 60 Km northeast of Tehran , Village Darbandsar, State Tehran, Country Iran.

Nearest Airport
IKA International Airport or Mehrabad Airport Tehran , Iran.

How to go, Transportation to Darbandsar
Fly to Tehran IKA International Airport and then travel by road to the Darbandsar Village . Only accessible by road and can be reached by coach or car. The journey time is about 60 to 90 minutes drive from Tehran, about 60 Km. After a heavy snowfall, snow chains are often necessary for the last part of the journey. There is no railway station in the area, the closest railway station is at Tehran.
Note in winter after a snow or stone avalanche the Dizin Road may be closes to traffic.

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Ski-Shemshak

Shemshak Ski Resort
Persia usually isn’t the first place skiers think of when taking into account ski destinations, but Iran is not just desert and sahara, there are some 4,000 meters plus mountains and 16 ski resorts. Shemshak resort lies in the clean and cool air of Alborz Mountain Range, due to its high altitude and the dry air, it has high snowfall and a great high quality powder to satisfy advanced ski lovers, it is the 2nd largest winter sport center and piste in Iran after Dizin complex, while Dizin slopes are suggested for beginners and intermediates.

Shemshak Ski Resort Tehran, Iran
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The Shemshak slopes are quite steep and graded the hardest and steepest slopes in Iran, and has the most challenging runs in the country, a good place for more advanced skiers with many mogul runs, variety of slopes, chair lifts, a selection of ski pistes.

You may meet Iran’s best skiers in this resort, a good place for practicing and acclimatization before ski mountaineering in Mt Damavand 5671m. This resort is equipped with lighting facilities which allows skiing at night under floodlight. Shemshak, the second ski resort in Iran was built in 1958.
Snowboarders are welcome to tackel the slopes, about one third of the people on the slopes are boarders. The terrain is suitable for more adventurous boarders. There are no queues, except inIranian weekends. With an altitude of 3050m, the resort is just 60 Km northeast of the capital of Tehran, closed to Mount Damavand.

Targeted Activities
Cross-country Skiing, Skiing, Snowboarding
Season Availability: November to April

Quick Facts
Altitude: 2550-3050 meters
Snow Depths: 2 to 4 m
Vertical Drop: 500m
Highest Lift: 3050m
Lowest Piste: 2550m
Skiing at night: Yes
Built in 1958.
Was granted an International title in 1996

Facilities
Total 7 Lifts
2 lift, chair lifts
3 dish teleskis, button lifts
2 Hammer teleskis, t-bars
2 hotels
4 restaurants

Major Ski Resorts Near Shemshak
Darbandsar 2 km
Dizin 12 km
Mt Tochal 22 km
Ab Ali 51 km
Mt Damavand 55 km

Location
Located in the Alborz Mountains, 45 Km northeast of Tehran
City Shemshak, State Tehran, Country Iran.

How to go there, Transportation to Shemshak
Fly to Tehran IKA International Airport and then travel by road to the Shemshak City Resort. Only accessible by road and can be reached by coach or car. The journey time is about 60 to 90 minutes drive from Tehran, about 60 Km. After a heavy snowfall, snow chains are often necessary for the last part of the journey. There is no railway station in Shemshak, the closest railway station is at Tehran.

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Ski-Dizin

Dizin Ski Resort
When foreign tourists think of traveling to Iran, at first they may think of visiting Iran deserts and not ski resorts, most of them do not know that Iran has so many excellent skiing resorts for winter sport , there are 16 ski resorts in Iran and Dizin is the most famous one.

Located in the north west of Tehran in the middle of Alborz mountains near the summit of Mt Damavand, the Dizin Ski Resort is the best and the largest piste in Iran and the Middle East, Due to its high altitude 3600m and slopes which face northward, Dizin receives great amount of snow each year.

This skiing and snowboard resort is an ideal place for the snow lovers who are looking for less explored place for their vacation and a fine place for acclimatization for those who want to climb the peak of Mt Damavand 5671m by ski. This ski region is administered by Iran Ski Federation.

Dizin Resort Tehran, Iran
Photo By Tehran24

Due to the size of slopes, technical and physical qualities and other feature, Dizin and Shemshak Resorts were the first ski center in Iran to recieve official recognition from the International Ski Federation ( FSI ). These two resorts are famous for the length of their runs and length of their season which usually lasts from November to May. By obtaining a single ticket one can make use of all the pistes, telecabins, telesieges and other facilities for 1 day.

Dizin Ski Resort Tehran, Iran
Photo By Ali Majdfar

Grass Ski
Skiing on the same piste in the summer, on the grass rather than the snow, the sport activity in the area is not limited to winter, Disin is an important grass-ski centre for the summer too. The first international grass skiing competitions was held at Dizin Complex In 1996 by the International Ski Federation with participation of some famous countries.

Ski Classes and Courses
Step by step training courses are avalable to the trainees, beginner who require some training in either Alpine skiing or snowboarding can take part in these classes and take lessons from qualified trainers and can work with a coach next to the pist.

Popularity and Crowd in Iranian weekends
Because of its popularity, Dizin Resort is crowded in Iranian weekends (Thursdays and Fridays), try to avoid these day if possible, otherwise you may spend more of your time in telecabins queues rather than skiing on the piste.

Accommodation
This wonderful resort has many comfortable accommodation facilities such as hotel, cottage, chalet, villa, private apartment local home and restaurant, and accommodate thousands of people every year, enjoy your stay at this beautiful place. The facilities in the area are more than enough to tackle the rush of the tourist.

Rent Equipment
You can rent any equipment and skiwear in the area, all kind of ski and snowboard, monoboard and Alpine, cross country skis and accessories.

Other Sport Activity and Facilities in Dizin Complex
This resort can offer you and your family a variety of sports activities to enjoy your vcation, altitudes and heights for mountain climbing and walking, different route and tracks for mountain cycling, volleyball grounds, tennis courtyards, paint ball area, caoching and training classes, children park and slope for grass ski in summer to experience interesting aspect of Iranians lifestyle.

Dizin Iran
Photo By Ali Majdfar

Working Days
In winters, this resort is open during the weekdays and in summer, it is only open in Iranian weekends (Thursdays, Fridays) and national holidays.

Facts and figures
It has various pists of different kinds and grades and you can ski in many different styles during the same day. There is also a beginner’s pist for newcomers.Skiing in Dizin is good for the less experienced skier; 50% of runs are suitable for beginners, 40% for intermediate and 10% for advanced skiers.The air is drier than at European resorts, making some excellent powder. Many snowboarders can be found on the slopes.With only 2 to 3 hours of driving away from Tehran many people prefer not to stay there overnight. Cheap tickets by European standards and rarely have queues except at the weekends. Dizin resort is far more relaxed than the rest of Iran.

Quick Facts, Ski Resort Specifications
Targeted Activities: Skiing, Snowboarding, Grass Ski
Season Availability: November to May
Height variation 2650m to 3600m
One of the highest lifts in the world, lift reaches 3,600 m (11,800 ft),
One of the 40 highest resorts in the world.

Resort Altitude : 2700m
Top elevation, Highest Lift : 3600m
Base elevation, Lowest Piste : 2650m
Vertical drop Max 850m
Skiable area: 470 ha
Runs: 23
Night skiing: No

Lift system:
3 gondola, telecabins,
12 chairlifts , Lifts
1 hammer teleski,
7 dish teleskis, drag lifts,
2 skilifts, chair lifts
Snow depths average 2m at bottom to 6m at the top
Established in 1969

How to go there
The only access to the resort is by road, the roads are of an adequate standard, but not up to those in Europe standard.

Via Chalus (Chaloos) Road 124 km
You can easily reach the resort from Tehran by taking a private taxi or bus, about 2-3 hours of drive from Tehran.

Via Shemsak Road 55 km
There is a shorter route which brings you in 1 or 2 hours but may be closed in winter seasons after a heavt snow.

Transportation to Dizin
If it has been snowing a lot, chains are required for the last part of the journey.
The easiest way to reach Dizin is to fly to IKA airport Tehran Iran, then proceed to the resort by coach or car.
The nearest international airport to Dizin resort is IKA airport at Tehran. Flights arrive here from many major European cities and other destinations including China, India, Japan and neighbouring Persian gulf countries as well as internal flights. The nearest train station to Dizin resort is at Tehran.

Location and Coordinate
Altitude 3600 m
Latitude 36-02-57 N
Longitude 51-25-02 E
Distance from Tehran by Chalus Road 124 km
Distance from Tehran by Shemshak Road 55 km
North West of Tehran in the Middle of Alborz Mountains, City Dizin State Tehran Country, Iran

Dizin Resort Tehran, Iran
Photo By Ali Majdfar

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