2020-06-18 Ehden Loop
Fotos de la ruta
Autor
Estadístiques de la ruta
- Distància
- 17,83 km
- Desnivell positiu
- 1.154 m
- Dificultat tècnica
- Difícil
- Desnivell negatiu
- 1.154 m
- Altitud màxima
- 2.432 m
- TrailRank
- 62
- Altitud mínima
- 1.528 m
- Tipus de ruta
- Circular
- Temps
- 7 hores 23 minuts
- Coordenades
- 2204
- Data de pujada
- 19 de juny de 2020
- Data de realització
- de juny 2020
a prop de Basloûqît, Liban-Nord (Lebanon)
Vista 1233 vegades, descarregada 39 vegades
Fotos de la ruta
Descripció de l'itinerari
The weather was a highland spring weather with clear skies with dispersed clouds and temperature in the uppper teens to lower twenties. The spring season turned an already green area greener.
The hike started from the gate of the Ehden Cedar Reserve where we climbed a moderate slope hill into the Blue Cliff (Al Sheer El azraq which is made of greyish-bkueish stones) the trail was in the middle of a a pine, oak, cedar, and Cupressus tree to name a few. Ehden was vertically below us with its red-roof houses. The Blue Cliff lead us to the Nabhay hill where the forest of the famous is located. Forest of the famous is a newly established Cedar forest sponsored by local, regional, and global musicians; it is part of the efforts of Ehden to repopulate its mountains with cedar trees.
From Nabhay we took a steeper uphill climb leading us to the Ehden Highlands (Al Jurd in Arabic). It is a barren rocky hills that has its own beauty and mystique; it compliments the forests around. After a short lunch break in the highlands we continued on a rocky trail and entered the Ehden Cedar Forest reserve where we enjoyed a wonderful walk among cedar trees ranging from few years to thousand of years old with each tree has its own story to tell. In the process we encountered a few fallen trees due to the high wind storm Lebanon encountered a early 2020.
The hike was beautiful and recommended for advanced hikers.
I an ranking this hike as difficult bcause of the highland section of this hike.
Punts d'interès
Punt d'interès
1.603 m
Go Straight
Punt d'interès
1.644 m
The Blue Cliff
Cliff overlooking Ehden. Named the blue cliff because it is formed of grey-blueish rocks.
Punt d'interès
1.663 m
Go Left
The beginning of the steep climb to Nabhay and the Forest of the Famous.
Punt d'interès
2.395 m
Rock Tiles
the top of the highland at 2420 ASL. The rocks are chiseled by snow into a mosaic of mono color that fits perfectly with its surroundings.
Punt d'interès
2.411 m
Dar Kibar
Punt d'interès
2.004 m
Lizzab Country
Lizzab is a tree local to Lebanese territiry and lives at 1700 ASL.
Punt d'interès
1.735 m
Jafia
Jafia is Arabic for empty square. Jafia is a square inside the cedar reserve with no trees in it.
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