An article by : Hamid Shafaghi IFMGA mountain and ski guide Damavand is the highest volcano in Asia . It’s one of the 7 volcano project in the world . The conical shape of the mountain attracts many different people from worldwide to try their chance to climb this mountain . From 2018 to […]
Who is me : My name is Hamid Shafaghi and I’m the first IFMGA mountain and ski guide in Iran. I started climbing 22 years ago and have some significant climbs in my CV like Climbing the Trango Nameless tower through Slovenian route also many different technical climbs in French Alps like Bonatti route on […]
The highest lake in Iran ! Sabalan lake 4811m an article by : Hamid Shafaghi , IFMGA mountain and ski guide www.Iranclimbingguide.com How will you feel if you trek up a huge mountain and reach to the altitude of 4811 m at the top . on the last steps to the summit , something blue […]
An article by : Hamid Shafaghi , IFMGA mountain and ski guide Hamid.shafaghi@gmail.com www.Iranclimbingguide.com Alamkuh summit is the second highest summit in Iran with 4851 meters elevation . The northface of Alamkuh is the ideal place in Iran for series of technical climb and ascents . German flank is the wonderful technical rocky ridge to […]
Zagros is one of the most wonderful desination for backcountry skiing in Iran also worldwide . Those endless mountains gives perfect opportunity to ski on remote and wonderful slopes . Watch this movie which is made by us from our tours in Zagros . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8LX1EBsmA&t=3s
Damavand area is one of the most popular area in Iran for Backcountry skiing . Although most skiers join in early spring for back country ski in this area , still it’s possible to try on it in winter . Damavand itself is a huge conical mountain in the area plus the wonderful northfaces around […]
An Article by : Hamid Shafaghi IFMGA mountain and ski guide in Iran , hamid.shafaghi@gmail.com What is Alborz massif ? Alborz is a range of very high mountains in Iran ( almost all the highest summits in Iran lies in Alborz massif ) and it’s around 900 kms from west to east . There are […]
Alborz massif with 900 kms of easy to serious mountains gives great opportunity to backcountry skiers to enjoy the beauty of the country . from nice and huge summits close to Tehran to tricky and remote summits in central and western part of Alborz to the highest summits in the Damavand area ( 4000 […]
