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Mount Damavand Iran
The perfect cone-shape volcano in Iran is called
Damavand. It is located in the middle of Alborz Mountain Range in north of Iran on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Mount Damavand height is 5671 meters above sea level. It is the highest volcano in Asia, the highest peak in the Middle East and the second highest volcano in the northern hemisphere.
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Summer View from Haraz Road and Polour Village
Photo by Ardeshir Soltani
Snow covers the entire mountain in winter and the upper parts in the other seasons.
Damavand (in Persian
دماوند) has a narrow summit crater usually covered with snow-cap and cloud. The snowy white peak with its regular Lenticular Cloud Cap is the most beautiful sight of Iran. Damavand is surrounded by many good looking peaks of the Alborz Chain. The view of this huge mountain looks more attractive from away than close up. In a clear day it is visible far from 250 km.
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Hiking & Trekking Damavand Iran 2021
Trekking Damavand the highest and the most prominent summit of Iran is a life time memory. The experience of ascending to this peak with a group of mountaineers from around the world is very rewarding. Before attempting
Damavand itis recommended to read all the necessary information for ascending this huge mountain. In our
Damavand Forum you can find the most Frequently Asked Questions and the most common answers about climbing this mountain.
Damavand First Campsite - Camp 1 Polour
The best starting point for climbing
Damavand Mountain is Camp 1 Polour. This mountain hut is the best place for accommodation and acclimatization in the area and the best starting point for climbing either from the south face or the west route of the mountain.
Polour Resort is made and is administered by
Iran Mountaineering & Climbing Sport Federation.
Damavand Trekking Season
Damavand climbing season starts from mid June and it last to mid September. The best Time for summer trekking is in July and August. In this period the footpaths are generally free of snow, the weather is usually moderate and approach by public transportation to the base camp is easy. More details in
Damavand Timing. Although
Damavand resort are crowded in summer, but the beginners with little experience are strongly recommended to tackle the mountain during this climbing season only. Best starting day is Saturday. Note: Weekend in Iran is
Thursday/Friday.
Damavand Cap Cloud During Sunrise
View from Sorkheh-Hesar Park Tehran
Photo Ardeshir Soltani
Damavand Difficulty
Damavand Mountain is well-known for its mild slops. Climbing this 18,605 feet giant volcano is technically moderate but physically a tough challenge and requires a good physical fitness. The main challenge of ascend is acclimatization and the weather.
Damavand Difficulty for summer trekking is comparable to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Everest Base Camp. But winter climbing is a quite different story and may be compared to a 7000 masl peak or more.
Damavand Location
Damawand Volcano is located in Larijan district in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. It is standing on the south coast of the Caspian Sea in the middle of the Alborz Mountains about 80 Km North-East of the capital city Tehran. The coordinates and the GPS landmark of Mount
Damavand south peak is: Latitude 35-57-19 N, Longitude 52-06-37 E.
Damavand Winter Climb
Damavand is a popular peak for trekking in summer. Damavand Winter Climbing is one of the most difficult ones. Although it has mild climbing slopes but freezing temperature and strong winds makes ascend very difficult. South route is the best side for winter sports, other faces are more difficult. For a safe expedition you should be very experinced, physically very fit and well-equipped. You need a high skilled experienced guide. You need a good timing and good weather. You must be well-supported and be ready for any risk.
Damavand Winter Season
Damavand Mountain is located near the Caspian Sea and it receives heavy snowfalls in autumn, winter and spring. Damavand Winter Season may start from mid October and last to mid April. In winter condition the wind speed may reach above 100km/h and windchill temprature to -70°C.
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Lonelyplanet - Iran (printed English guide book 6th edtion 2012 - page 73):
Tow excellent source of information on all things Damavand:
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Mount Damavand Guide: (our weblog).
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Italy Dream Team approaching the summit crater
August 2012 - Photo Amir Manian
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Damawand Ski Resort is the highest skiing place in Iran and the middle-east and one of the world's best off-piste ski resorts. This volcano is a popular target for climbing, ski mountaineering, off-piste skitour, Alpine style ski, snowboard and snowshoes tours.
Damavand South face has a mild slope for climbing and is the best route for Ski Mountaineering too. It is more difficult to ski on the other routes. Skiers must ascend on feet or on ski to the peak because there is not any mechanical lifts such as cable car, lift chair, gondola or telecabin in this ski resort.
Damavand Ski Season
Damavand Ski Season is from November till mid May. It is possible to ski in winter and spring. The amount of snowfall changes each year. Because of its proximity to the Caspian Sea, Damawand Resort absorbs a great amount of snow in its snow field in autumn, winter and spring. In a good snow season it is possible to ski downhill about 12 Km on mild ski able slopes.
Damavand Winter Warning
Beacuse of high wind speed, very low temperature, stormy weather, snowfall and foggy condition, icy trails and other risks Damavand winter activity is tough and very risky. Winter sports such as winter climb, ski tour, snowboard and snowshoes are graded as very difficult on this mountain. Read more
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We organize different tours extending from a simple summer hiking ideal for beginner, up to advanced Alpine style mountaineering tour in winter suitable for experienced climbers. Many individual climbers, mountaineering groups and tour agencies use our guiding support each year. We support incoming groups with the best possible Services.
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Hymalia Club, April 2013
Photo by Ali Fard
5 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Mount Damavand Iran
Which is the highest mountain in Iran?
Mount Damavand is the highest peak in Persia (Iran).
Is Damavand an active volcano?
No, Damavand is a domant volcano. Volcano Damawand is not volcanically active and no eruption has been recorded in recent times.
Which is the highest volcanic peak of Asia?
Mt. Damavand is 5671 masl, it is the highest volcanic mountain in Asia and the second highest volcano in Northern Hemisphere.
Which volcanic mountain is located in the center of Alborz?
Damavand Volcano is located in the middle of Alborz Mountain Range in north of Iran on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. See also
Mr Damavand.
What is the height of Mt Damavand peak?
As indicated by NASA Earth Observatory site and many other reliable sources, Damavand summit has the elevation of 5671 masl. But some other sources indicate slightly less values (ie 5610 to 5670 masl).
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Damavand Weblog.
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View from Mt Tochal Summit
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Mount Damavand Show
Damavand Mountain is the most noteworthy summit in Iran and the most elevated well of lava in all Asia. This monster 5,671 meters’ fountain of liquid magma is arranged in the focal piece of the Alborz Mountain Range in the south shoreline of the Caspian Sea north-east of Tehran, Iran. Damawand Mountain is an ideal cone-shape fountain of liquid magma; it has a restricted crest with snowcap. Damavand is encompassed by numerous lovely pinnacles of the Alburz Mountain Chain, for example, Doberar Mountain.
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Numerous climbers have longed for remaining on the pinnacle of
Damavand, a monster (18,606 feet) high mountain, the most noteworthy summit in Iran. Presently it is an ideal opportunity to give your fantasies a chance to work out. We have a group of the most experienced Iranian mountain guides who are principally concentrated on Mount Damawand Iran. Many mountaineering gatherings, people and visit organizations utilize our controlling helps every year.
The frigid pinnacle of Demavand with its standard cloud tops is a standout amongst the most wonderful sight of Iran.There is no recorded memorable emissions on Demawand Volcano so that is the reason a few people trust it is a quiet spring of gushing lava. In any case, Volcano Damāwand is considered as a conceivably dynamic torpid well of lava as it has fumaroles and sulfur gas turning out close to the cavity.
Volcano Damavand Show
Mount Damavand is a gigantic stratovolcano. This superb fountain of liquid magma is situated in Iran among Tehran and south of the Caspian Sea amidst Alburz Mountain Range. This immense spring of gushing lava lies between the Eurasian and the Arabian structural plate impact zone and is the most elevated heap of the Middle Eastern district.
Spring of gushing lava Damavand summit hole is around 200-meter-wide and 30 m profound, it contains a 40-meter distance across solidified lake in the base. There is no lasting icy mass on the south face (other than a little icefall) in light of the fact that the atmosphere is excessively dry. Be that as it may, there are patches of solidified enduring snow.
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Cloud Cap view from Nava Village
Phot by Ardeshi Soltani
Damavand Mountain in Iran has incredible fumaroles vent close to the summit hole. The Powerful fumaroles vent close to the summit cavity makes some trouble for climbers. No authentic emissions have happened at this incredible well of lava in Iran.
The last ejection and most recent movement happened around 7000 years prior and delivered magma streams from the summit hole that spread the western flank. It has dynamic fumaroles just underneath the summit, fumaroles vent just beneath the summit transmits hot steam and hot SO2-rich gases.
Damavand has just couple of flank vents. There is an amazing fumaroles vent on the south course close to the summit cavity which discharges hot steam and SO2-rich gases. Dynamic fumaroles at the summit propose that the well of lava is as yet dynamic. Just underneath the summit, there are squares of unadulterated Sulfur and expansive Sulfur-bearing squares. Sulfur stores are available on the encompassing inclines
Lar Lake and Lar Dam Show
Lar Dam (Persian: سد لار dismal de lār) is a dam situated at the foot of Mount Damavand in Amol area, Mazandaran, Iran. The dam is situated inside the ensured Lar National Park and arranged only 70 kilometers upper east of the capital and the most crowded city of the nation, Tehran. The main role of the dam is metropolitan water supply to Tehran yet preceding the water achieving the city filtration plant, it is utilized to control the Kalan and Lavarak Hydroelectric Power Stations, with a joined introduced limit of 162.5 MW.
The development started on the dam in 1974, and finished four years after the fact in 1981. At the point when the repository started in 1980, spillage was found downstream. The spillage is expected to a karst establishment. The establishment was grouted from 1983 until 1989 with no achievement. With the populace development happening in Amol, there was a requirement for more water and vitality. The perfect spot for the dam was over the Lar stream, in the upper east area of the city, at the raised statures of the Kalanbasteh mountain on the incline of Damavand Mountain. The territory is called Polour, and tasks started in 1984.
One of the goes for structure the Lar Dam shut to Damavand, was to supply some portion of Amol with drinking water; it was unrealistic at first to work the dam at its ostensible limit, on account of a water leakage issue. Water put away in the dam's repository is first exchanged to the Kalan Power Station (35°48′24.87″N 51°47′29.46″E) at that point to the Lavark Power Station (35°48′34.97″N 51°44′54.67″E), a separation of 3 kilometers from the Latyan Dam's store, through the 20-kilometer-long Kalan burrow (3 meters in size). After power age, the water joins and feeds the Latyan dam's repository. The Kalan Power Station was dispatched in 1998 and the Lavarak in March 2012 and July 2013.
Lar Lake is situated at the foot of Mount Damavand
Lar Lake view from Camp 3 Bargah Sevom
Phot by Ardeshi Soltani
Uncontrolled development and extension of Tehran made a circumstance where the current water assets at Karaj, Latyan and Lar dams close fountain of liquid magma Damavand and the profound wells which should be abused just in the amid the pinnacle water utilization period. These were never again fit for gathering the city's water request, so unavoidable reflection from ground assets began to increment in a way that at the current circumstance, the amount of bored profound wells has added up to 230 rings. Truth be told, from 1997-2000, it had been methodical preoccupied, 317, 289, 374 and 357 MCM (million cubic meters) of water from groundwater assets of the city.
Lar lake from Damavand mountain.
The lake is 84 km upper east of Tehran, and because of its vicinity to Mount Damavand it makes a cool and charming atmosphere just as lovely scenes. The lake gives the degree to water sports, for example, swimming and waterskiing.
Lar Dam (Persian: سد لار dismal de lār) is a dam situated at the foot of Mount Damavand in Amol area, Mazandaran, Iran. The dam is situated inside the ensured Lar National Park and arranged only 70 kilometers upper east of the capital and the most crowded city of the nation, Tehran. The main role of the dam is metropolitan water supply to Tehran yet preceding the water achieving the city filtration plant, it is utilized to control the Kalan and Lavarak Hydroelectric Power Stations, with a joined introduced limit of 162.5 MW.
The development started on the dam in 1974, and finished four years after the fact in 1981. At the point when the repository started in 1980, spillage was found downstream. The spillage is expected to a karst establishment. The establishment was grouted from 1983 until 1989 with no achievement. With the populace development happening in Amol, there was a requirement for more water and vitality. The perfect spot for the dam was over the Lar stream, in the upper east area of the city, at the raised statures of the Kalanbasteh mountain on the incline of Damavand Mountain. The territory is called Polour, and tasks started in 1984.
One of the goes for structure the Lar Dam shut to Damavand, was to supply some portion of Amol with drinking water; it was unrealistic at first to work the dam at its ostensible limit, on account of a water leakage issue. Water put away in the dam's repository is first exchanged to the Kalan Power Station (35°48′24.87″N 51°47′29.46″E) at that point to the Lavark Power Station (35°48′34.97″N 51°44′54.67″E), a separation of 3 kilometers from the Latyan Dam's store, through the 20-kilometer-long Kalan burrow (3 meters in size). After power age, the water joins and feeds the Latyan dam's repository. The Kalan Power Station was dispatched in 1998 and the Lavarak in March 2012 and July 2013.
Lar Lake is situated at the foot of Mount Damavand
Lar Lake view from Camp 3 Bargah Sevom
Phot by Ardeshi Soltani
Uncontrolled development and extension of Tehran made a circumstance where the current water assets at Karaj, Latyan and Lar dams close fountain of liquid magma Damavand and the profound wells which should be abused just in the amid the pinnacle water utilization period. These were never again fit for gathering the city's water request, so unavoidable reflection from ground assets began to increment in a way that at the current circumstance, the amount of bored profound wells has added up to 230 rings. Truth be told, from 1997-2000, it had been methodical preoccupied, 317, 289, 374 and 357 MCM (million cubic meters) of water from groundwater assets of the city.
Lar lake from Damavand mountain.
The lake is 84 km upper east of Tehran, and because of its vicinity to Mount Damavand it makes a cool and charming atmosphere just as lovely scenes. The lake gives the degree to water sports, for example, swimming and waterskiing.
Damavand Quick Facts Show
Mt. Damavand is a brilliant symmetrical cone well of lava with a restricted cold summit. It would appear that Fujiyama in Japan. Demavand lethargic spring of gushing lava lies around 80 kilometers north-east of Tehran in the northern Persian level. Damawand's white pinnacle and its lovely cloud top is the most alluring sight of Iran mountains.
Snow covers the whole Damavand Mountain in winter and the upper parts and slops in spring and fall. Damawand Summit is snow-topped a while a year. Ice and solidified snow stay all the year on the north face icy masses called Sioleh and Dobi Sel, the north east ice sheet Yakhar and furthermore the south course Icefall called Abshar Yakhi.
Every year Damawand is visited by numerous tourists, mountain visitors and climbers for climbing, trekking, mountaineering and ski visiting. The prominent trekking beginning stage is Polour Resort in the Polur Village on the south face, it is an alternate route to the Damavand and an agreeable spot for acclimatization and settlement. Climbing season is from mid-June to mid-September, or mid-May to mid-October for progressively experienced climbers.
Mount Damavand is encompassed by numerous pinnacles and edges of the Albroz Range, yet it unrivaled tallness (5671 meters) is obvious from numerous kilometers away. In a decent perceivability when the air is clear it very well may be seen from Tehran and from far away in focal part, Karkas Mountains and the incomparable Salt Desert and from north of Iran, the Caspian Sea.
Damawand is an outstanding image of Iran and has an extraordinary spot in Iranian legend, fanciful stories, workmanship and photography. As a general rule it is a brilliant torpid well of lava that conveys some sulphuric smoke. Numerous legends and stories are identified with Damawand Iran.
The most punctual endeavor to climb Damavand mountain was made by unknown neighborhood Iranians. They climbed normally to gather Sulfur from the top for business purposes. The primary recorded rise has a place with an English voyager called W Taylor Thomson in 1837.
Well of lava Damavand is a lethargic fountain of liquid magma that last ejected around 6000 - multi year prior. In the verifiable occasions there has been no recorded emission of this fountain of liquid magma. Some trusts this mountain is a wiped out spring of gushing lava. In any case, there is sufficient evidence, for example, warm hot springs on its lower inclines and incredible fumaroles vent close to the summit cavity that demonstrate Damawand Volcano is torpid. On the top there is a summit Crater, around 150-200 meters over, with loads of yellow rocks containing sulfur and pumice stones.
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Damawand Quick Facts
Rise: 5671 meters, 18,605 feet.
Noticeable quality: Ranked sixteenth
Rank: Highest fountain of liquid magma in Asia, the second most noteworthy spring of gushing lava in the northern side of the equator.
Area: North-East Tehran in Alburz Mountains Iran.
Directions: 35-57-19 N, 52-06-37 E
Topography Type: Stratovolcano
Last ejection: About 6000 - multi year prior
Climbing: Moderate to troublesome
First rising: By unknown Iranian neighborhood individuals
Most straightforward course: South, Trekking
Posting: UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site
Articulation: دماوند - dæmävænd
Substitute Spellings: Damawand, Demavand, Damavend, Damāvand
Best Source of Information for Mt Damavand Iran
Suggested by Lonely planet - Iran (likewise in English manual sixth edtion 2012 - page 73):
Two astounding wellspring of data on all things Damavand:
Damavand Info: (our site: http://www.damawand.de/) and
Mt Damavand Guide:
(our weblog: http://damavandmt.blogspot.com/2010/01/damavand-crowd.html).
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