SABALAN

                                            SABALAN   

          

                                         mohammas hassan,near lake

              

                                            hassan near lake 

                 

                                               sabalan peaks 

              

                                        jalil hassan near shelter 

               

                                                    near shabil 

           

                                       sabalan path meshkinshahr 

          

                                                  group inside jeep                                          

                 

                               ahad-hassan       

      

                               hassan-jan-ahad

            

SAVALAN(SABALAN)4811 third highest summit in the IRAN- AZERBAIJAN PROVINCE

Dear my friends.

This is a report from my climbing to sabalan mountain.i am trying to supply more information and details about sabalan.start of program is from Tabriz.Before strating your program be careful about weather forecast ,you can get it from different source for example:radio weather report,tv,weather station,climbing committee,and from internet.you can simply go to www.weather.com .or you can open your yahoo home page,then you can select weather section and after entering your destination get it.after doing that you can set a useful plan for climbing.for a successful plan we need 2 days.now we can move from TABRIZ.first we have to go AHAR city,after arriving to AHAR .we have two path one of the path is going to KALEIBAR but we have to turn to MESHKINSHAHR city side wich is 1:40 minutes times from Tabriz to ahar and there is 1:30 time distance  from ahar to MESHKINSHAHR.after spending to meshkinshahr we have to going to end of this city then countinue our path to ALINI after arriving to alini we have to continue our path staright then we will aririved to JAHADABAD ,after arriving to jahad abad we have to continue to LAHROUD OR LARI,after arriving to lari again we will continue our path to SHABIL,befor arriving to shabil befor 10 minute we have other path over there located a hot spring water,people use of this water to cure their skin illness,I recommend that you use of this water,it is useful for everybody.then finally we will arrive to SHABIL.shabil is located in final part of road,we have some choices ,it depend to our situation,if our team is ready and we have at least 3 hours spare time we can moving and start our program on foot ,going on foot has some advantages such as,our body have enough time to habit to high level of free seas level b:we have enough exercise for tomorrow morning .but we have other some choice and it s that we use of jeep(type of car) to go to a shelter or base camp.we have to spend some money approximately 10 $ for person.after 30 minutes driving with jeep we will arrived to shelter and base camp.when we arrived over there,again we have 2 choices we can take choise of inside of camp or out side for camping,in the summer season over there is very crowdedis interesting that this shelter made by Americans 35 years ago,if we can not find empty place for camping we can campi in outside of shelter,in the summer until 10 pm we have electricity and some bulbs are on.we can make a dinner and review our tomorrow morning plan,after do that,we can sleep,if we have a good fortune,and good weather,we can start at 4 till 4:30,remember that you have to get a head lamp for preventation of falling down,after getting up,we will have a breakfast then go and start our climbing,there is some guidance signs and flags continue from base till summit,remember that do not get more distance from flags.after 3 till 4 hours we can be in the summit,but we have to go slowly till do not encounter with lack of oxygen and headache,anyway finally we will arrive to summit ,on the top of this mountain surprised with an interesting things, because there is a lake over there,in azerbijan ethnic believes, one of Azerbaijan prophet located over there ,so this mountain is holy,this prophet name is ZOROASTER,anway now you are in the summit,after visiting and a few moments rest,you have to start to go down of mount,because sabalan has a special weather,it getsuddenly change in  afternoon from 2 pm weather change and fogs come soon.for preventing of lost we have to manage our time,after 3 hours you are in the base camp,again if you have enough time you can return on foot to SHABIL,if you do not ,you can use a jeep(car).essential equipment that everybody have to bring with him slef is diffe from season to season,if you are over there from middle of july till middle of September,you need to have,backpack,warm clothes,climbing shoes,head lamp,tent,sleep bag,food,water.in the winter you need more and special climbing equipment.after arriving to SHABIL,there is a hot spring water center in the shabil you can use it and swim.

Thanks,until next report.