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Below, you will find brief
descriptions about famous and important Iran big climbing walls:
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Akhlamad Big
Wall
- Bisootoon
Big Wall
-
Alam
Kuh Big Wall
-
Band
e Yakhchal Big Wall
-
Pol E
Khab Big Wall
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Geographical situation |
It is located in
Tehran – Mashhad road (50 km to
Mashhad)
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Description of Area
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This area is
located between two villages
called Akhlamad and Down
Akhlamad
The height of the
walls in this are are 150 to 400
m
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Accessibility
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Generally the
walls of this area stand near
dirt road between Akhlamd
and down Akhlamad villages |
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Remarks:
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Some of the walls
in this area have been
inaugurated by Iranian
mountaineers. |
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Geographical situation
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It is located in
northwest of Kermanshah city (25
km to Kermanshah) |
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Wall location
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Beside Kermanshah
main road with 10 minutes
walking |
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Height of Wall
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1000 m (in three
levels)
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Type of rocks of region
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Calciferous rocks
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Remarks |
Several routes
were inaugurated by Iranian
mountaineers which are called
Najah, Shirin, Farhad, Johnpanah
route, |
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Geographical situation
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It is
located in Karaj – Chalouse
road (25 km Chaloos city)
between
Kelar Dasht and Rood Barak
village |
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Height
of basecamp |
4,170 m (Alam
Chal) |
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Height
of Peak |
4,850 m
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Wall
Height |
650 m
(glacier 100 m + wall 550 m) |
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Wall
Type |
Granite
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Difficulty Level
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5/11.D |
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Wall
Location |
Tatakht-e-Soleyman region*
*Enjoying large numbers of peaks with altitudes of over
4,000 m (the highest peak of
the region is Alam Kouh with
the height of 4,850 m) as
well as good amount of snow
fall and its gradual melting
which lasts until early
August, Takht-e-Soleyman
region (located in 200 km NW
of Tehran) is known as the
“Alps of Iran”. |
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Access routes to the wall |
- From Rood Barak (1,400 m)
to Vanad Bone (2,400 m) - 40
min transfer
- From Vandar Bone to Sar
Chal shelter (3,650 m) -
about 4 hours walking
- From Sar Chal to Alam Chal
(4,170 m) - 2 hours walking
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Geographical situation
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Northern
Iran, between Pas Ghaleh and
Shir Pala shelter
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Height
of area |
2,100 m
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Type
of rocks |
Sedimentary rocks
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Wall
height |
5 to 20 m
It has
also another rock in the
northern part which is 120 m |
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Geographical situation
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It is
located in Karaj – Challouse
road (35 km to Kraj city) |
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Height
of the area |
2,100 m
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Type
of rocks |
Sedimentary
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Wall
height |
About 200
m
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Remarks |
Several
routes have inagurated by
Iranian rock climbers. The
routes are called Parastooha,
Karajiha, Shaghayegh,
Davoodi, … |
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