The great mount Damavand

The mount Damavand (5671 m)from field of Lar in west

The mount Damavand is more than a fable in Iran.Iranian know their country name with the fable of damavand . Damavand with the height about 5671 m is the highest pic in Iran . The plateau of Iran is surrounded by too many mounts and there is two range of mountain in north and west of palteau.
Mount Damavand standed in northern range by the name Alborz range . Damavand is a volcanic pic which dormanted but u can find a little pison in north face of it .
Beyound the Damavand is covered by wonderfull landascapes : Lar field in west , landscape of caspian sea in north and too many 4000 m mounts that surrounded it map.( In this picture u see the land scape of Damavand from the field of Lar ( in Persian tells Dashte lar).
An advantage of Damavand zone is it nearness toTehran the capital of Iran . You can reach to Damavand zone from east of tehran by just 1 hour after passing some little cities like Boomehen , Roodehen and Aballi .

There is many route for climbing Damavand but four route is more famous than other: south,west, north east and north . In a good climate you can climb Damavand from these routes in all seasons depending on your expriences and effort .

Shadow of the mount at dawn picture by http://www.anapourna.persianblog.com/

The map of different routs on damavand