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Iran’s Alborz Province: Dizin Ski Resort hosts snowboard competition (Photos)

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Iran hosted earlier this month a snowboard and freestyle ski competition event in Dizin Ski Resort, north of the capital Tehran. Eight female and twenty eight male athletes competed alongside, defying the unexpected, unfavorable weather conditions at the beginning of the tournament.

Dizin, established in 1969, is one of the larger Iranian ski resorts in the Alborz mountain range, 120km from Tehran by car. The ski season in Dizin lasts from December to May, because of the resort’s high altitude.

Related article: The other Iran | Dizin Ski Resort

Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mohammad Moheimany / Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mohammad Moheimany / Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Mehr News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Abbas Shariati / Tasnim News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Abbas Shariati / Tasnim News Agency)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: Amir Farzaneh / Young Journalists Club)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)
Snowboard competition in Dizin Ski Resort, Iran – April, 2016 (Photo credit: IRNA)

Sources: IRNA, Mehr News Agency (MNA) 1, MNA 2, Tasnim News Agency, Fars News Agency, Young Journalists Club, ISNA, PressTV

Photo series: Winter in Iran – Youth Alpine Ski Championship in Tehran

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Tochal Ski complex hosted a competition attended by more than eighty young athletes.

Other winter photo galleries: The other Iran | Winter

Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency
Skiing on the last winter days at Tochal Ski Resort near Tehran, Iran – Photo credit: Borna News Agency

Sources: Borna News Agency, Sport Tehran

Photo gallery: Ski season started at Tochal Ski Resort in Tehran, Iran

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Tochal ski resort officially started this year’s autumn-winter season.

Tochal Complex, located on the northernmost part of Tehran, has been open to the public since 1978. The gondola lift, used for accessing ski resorts and other recreational centres on the mountain, has a length of 7500m. It starts at the Velenjak valley at an altitude of 1900m and ends at Station 7, at an altitude of 3740m, near the main ridge of Mount Tochal. The main ski slopes are located in Station 7 and due to its height they are covered with snow for more than 8 months of the year.

Tochal Mountain offers an unexpected array of outdoors activities –from hiking to skiing and is seen as one of the perfect places to escape the commotion of the city that lies below it; Tehran. There are various mountaineering routes across the rugged landscape, which cater to different levels of ability (and enthusiasm).

Sources: IRNA, ISNA, BORNA, Mehr News, Fars News, Young Journalists Club, Tehran Times (PDF), Wikipedia | Tochal Complex

Iran’s Tehran Province: Tochal Complex (Photos)

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Young woman snowboarding in Tochal, Iran

Young woman snowboarding in Tochal, Iran

Tochal Complex is located in Velenjak, North of Tehran, Iran and consists of many recreational and sports facilities.

The Tochal Telecabin Project started in 1974 and has been open to the public since 1978. It starts at the Velenjak valley in north of Tehran at an altitude of 1900m. and ends at the last station at an altitude of 3740m, near the main ridge of Mount Tochal. This 7500m long gondola lift is used for accessing ski resorts and other recreational centres on the mountain to enjoy this area’s beautiful landscape, mountain fresh air and a multitude of fresh water springs.

The gondola lift has four stations:
Station 1 is at an elevation of 1900m and located at the beginning of Velenjak valley (end of Velenjak Street). Parking, inns and some other facilities are available.
Station 2 is at 2400m and has very limited facilities.
Station 5 is at 2935 m. There is a restaurant and a rescue centre. This station is also accessible through several climbing paths like Shirpala shelter, Osoon valley and Palang-chal shelter. In order to get to Station 7 you have to change here.
Station 7 is at 3740 m. and very close to the Tochal main ridge. It is the last station of the gondola lift. This station is in the middle of the Tochal ski slope. The Tochal main peak is a 30-minute walk from this point. This station is also reachable from Hezar-cham climbing path from Station 5.

Tochal Skiing Resort is one of the popular recreational places in Tehran. The main ski slopes are located in Station 7:
Peak: This 1200m slope starts from the foot of Tochal (at 3850m) and ends at the hotel (3550m). There is one Doppelmayr chairlift and one teleski for transferring skiers and a half pipe. Because of the height of the ski slope in station 7 (more than 3500m above sea level), similar to the Alvares Ski Resort in Sabalan, Ardabil Province, Iran, these slopes are covered with snow for more than 8 months during the year.
Western Foothill: This slope is located on the western foothill of the Tochal Mountain. The length of the ski slope is 900m, having its peak at 3750m above sea level and its lowest spot at Tochal Hotel (3550m above sea level). A Poma chairlift is built in this slope for skiers.

Sources: Wikipedia | Tochal Complex, Mehr News Agency | Photos, ISNA | Photos, Tasnim News Agency | Photos