damavand mount The Roof of Middle-East

Yes, the Iran red crest is the official organization for rescue in all mountains of Iran. Also, Iran Mountaineering Federation and Iran Mountain Guide Organization have their rescue team on some peaks.

You don’t need a permit to climb the Iran mountains and the rest of Mt. Damavand and Alam-Kuh. When you apply for an Iran Visa, you send your itinerary, and it can be the permission of the peaks you want to climb.

Iran Mountaineering Federation sell the permit for $50 per person. If you book a tour by agencies, the companies will get a climbing permit for you.

Any nationalities that get visas for entrance to Iran and if you have a visa, can climb any mountains. The rest of Damavand and Alam-Kuh that you need climbing permit.

On various ridges, it’s different. But on the south ridge hut is on 4250m. north ridge has two huts on 4000m, and 5000m. on the west ridge is 4350m.

Variable on each month. But mid-Jun to mid-September is calm and not so cold. Late September to February is cold with snowfall and calm and cold from March to mid-June.

Seventeen routes, but four routes are more popular. South Ridge, North Ridge, West Ridge and north-East ridge.

South ridge is a normal route. It is not technical, and you need to walk for 7 hours. So it’s crowded in summer.

South ridge is a regular route. It’s not technical, and just you need to walk.

There are some glaciers on Damavand that you must be a technical climber to climb. Northeast valley that called Yakhar glacier and north glaciers.

No Damavand is potentially a volcano, meaning you can smell the sulfur gas at 5400 meters altitude. Some sulfur springs make a beautiful yellow fountain. It’s poisonous and dangerous to smell for a long time.

No, just about dressing all the people to obey Iran’s official rules. Although in the mountain nobody control that but we respect the rules.

It entirely depends on you and your itinerary. You need clothes and suitable trekking shoes if you want a trek and use the company camp. For a better answer, please read each package’s services and info because the gears you need are different on each plan due to other itineraries.

No, just as you know, we follow the Islamic rules of Iran. However, the mountain dress is international. There is nothing notable for women.

Polour as B.C is on 2300m, and the summit is 5671m, although some measurements that Damavand height is 5610m. so the minimum difference is 3310m and maximum is 3371m.

You expect the bed, some private rooms with 4 to 8 climbers capacity, a kitchen with an oven, dry foods, soup, first aid and a mattress.

One guide can lead 4 to 5 clients depending on the team’s skills. There is some assistance also with any guide for better performance.

Three days is the fastest, but we don’t recommend it, because the guides always don’t do it. But from B.C, you can go to 4250m hut within 7 hours and next day go to summit within 7 hours ascending and 4 hours descending. On the third day, you will descend to B.C for 4 hours of walking and a 1-hour drive by jeeps.

The fastest acclimatization can be trekking on Tochal peak close to Tehran. have overnight in Shirpala hut on 3000m. then go to Damavand for the fast climb.

The minimum cost to climb Damavand is the economic plan. You will use the hut without acclimatization and not full service. It can take be 250 to 350 Euros.

From Tehran, you will drive to Rudehen and Bumehen cities on Haraz road. You will go to the 3500m pass, called Emamzadeh-Hashem pass. then you will go to Polour as B.C. 02:30 hours does it take time.

According to geological maps, Damavand is located in Mazandaran province, Larijan city, and Rineh village.