Jebel Yanas Loop - Mountain Villages and Gorge Scramble
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.63 mi
- Elevation gain
- 942 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 942 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,074 ft
- TrailRank
-
62
4.3
- Min elevation
- 2,385 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 40 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1356
- Uploaded
- January 22, 2021
- Recorded
- January 2021
near Yinas, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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Itinerary description
I've updated this to 'Difficult' just as a heads up if you are not up for some steeper descents and the scramble at the end. The vast majority of it is quite straightforward, but it's not walk in the park, either! My kids are half billy goat, so I may have underestimated in calling it 'Moderate'.
Waypoints
Car park
2,849 ft
End of the road...
You can park here. I suggest 3 point turning before you set out, in case it gets 'busy' with other hikers' cars or starts getting dark and turning around isn't as easy.
Waypoint
2,872 ft
Trail head
It's pretty clear single track most of the way. Easy first half of the hike.
Fauna
Photo
2,893 ft
Cool rocks!
Always reminds me of Super Man's Fortress of Solitude! But smaller..... and in rock... lol!
Archaeological site
Summit
Panorama
2,898 ft
Trail head of Leopard Canyon down below
The start of the Hanging Garden hike way down there. You can see the Jebel Sal road winding up in the foreground as well.
Waypoint
2,929 ft
Head for the gorge.
We followed the Perimeter wall all the way around just to steer clear of the center of the farm and avoid any issues with the old village site (just being respectful) but then cut over at this point to get to the down to the descent route through the gorge.
Waypoint
2,454 ft
Stay 'down in the gorge'
It's very wide and shallow, but follow along it to avoid having to climb down into it further ahead
Waypoint
2,391 ft
Enter the gorge here
If you're up on top it's hard to cross the gorge further along
Waypoint
2,402 ft
Head left
Keep to the left to head back toward the start point. The right side goes towards a cool steep canyon, great for another day!
Waypoint
2,442 ft
High up
You can get up on this side on the right. The last bit is a bit tight and maybe too much for kids or people with fear of heights. You can scale the wall if you take BIG steps, or up and over on the left side is a bit easier and less open edges.
Waypoint
2,916 ft
The last couple 100m is a bit of a scramble!
If you're unsure about it, you can keep straight ahead from the dirt flats down in the valley, walk the ridge up to the road and follow it along to the parking area.
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Easy to follow
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Moderate
Good trail with great views. Thank you to the author for accurate GPS coordinates! Recommended!
Glad you liked it! I need to work on that final ascent, but I think its a great trail with a little bit of everything!
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An informative guide. The latter half in the gorge is long and quite tough physically.
Nice trail, but the trail marks disappear after the village