ARMENIA - Hors lake and mountains
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.15 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,695 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,695 ft
- Max elevation
- 8,999 ft
- TrailRank
- 43
- Min elevation
- 5,030 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2788
- Uploaded
- October 12, 2016
- Recorded
- April 2015
near Hors, Vayotsʼ Dzor (አርሜኒያ)
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Itinerary description
Very interesting hike in one of the wilder and most remote areas I have visited in Armenia. Sheperds warned us about the presence of bears and actually we got to see a bear mum with two cubs some 200 metres away. They ran away when they noticed our presence, before we could even take a picture.
The hike starts from Hors, a small village near to the road going to Selim pass from Yeghenadzor. We try to cross the village and park at te outskirts.
The path is very gentle until the artificial lake of Hors (it probably was used as water reservoir) and actually it is possible to reach it by car.
From the lake we try to follow rests of paths, maybe created by animals along the most logical direction to climb the massive mountain on the opposite side of the lake.
The climb is steep but the views are rewarding. Once on the first pre-summit, the way is obvious to the main summit (2.646 m; no name found), and it requires some easy scrambling.
From this summit, we can start to descend following the ridge that takes us back to the lake.
If we want to continue to the highest peak in the area (2.772 m; no name found either) we will add 7 km (go and back) to our route with some serious scrambling sections. However, if we do, the views over Yelpin valley are magnificient.
The hike starts from Hors, a small village near to the road going to Selim pass from Yeghenadzor. We try to cross the village and park at te outskirts.
The path is very gentle until the artificial lake of Hors (it probably was used as water reservoir) and actually it is possible to reach it by car.
From the lake we try to follow rests of paths, maybe created by animals along the most logical direction to climb the massive mountain on the opposite side of the lake.
The climb is steep but the views are rewarding. Once on the first pre-summit, the way is obvious to the main summit (2.646 m; no name found), and it requires some easy scrambling.
From this summit, we can start to descend following the ridge that takes us back to the lake.
If we want to continue to the highest peak in the area (2.772 m; no name found either) we will add 7 km (go and back) to our route with some serious scrambling sections. However, if we do, the views over Yelpin valley are magnificient.
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