Mount Tochal
Mount Tochal 3965m , adjacent to metropolitan Tehran is one of the best places to practice and get acclimatize for Mount Damavand . It is one of the most popular and most crowded mountain not only in Iran but also in the world. Every Thursday and Friday , Iranian weekends , thousands of Iranian climber go to Mount Tochal for hiking & trekking and rock climbing .



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Mount Tochal
Mount Tochal is a mountain in the Alborz range and adjacent to metropolitan Tehran, Iran. The mountain has a 12 km long ridgeline. The highest peak, also called Mount Tochal, is at an elevation of 3,964 m (13,005 feet) and at coordinates 35.88° N 51.42° E. A seven station gondola lift runs from Tehran to the Tochal Ski Resort and a modern hotel. Tochal is a popular recreational region for Tehran's.

Peaks
A number of peaks are accessible from the Tochal main ridge or by their own climbing paths. Peaks (from west to east) include:

Lavarak (3560m)
Accessible by main Tochal ridge or Imamzade Davood climbing path.

Bazarak (3753m)
Accessible by main Tochal ridge or Imamzade Davood climbing path.

Palang-chal (3520m)
Accessible from Darakeh valley and Palangchal Shelter.

Sar-Bazarak (3640m)
Accessible from Palangchal peak and main Tochal ridge.

Shah-Neshin (3875m)
Accessible from Tochal main ridge, Hezarcham path and south (Abshar-Dogholoo) ridge.

Tochal (3965m)
The highest peak of the range, accessible by any climbing path that ends on the Tochal main ridge. The usual path from Tehran is by the south ridge (normally from Shirpala shelter and Siahsang hut).

Spilit (3120m):
Through Band-yakh-chal and Shervin hut by rock climbing or Klakchal ridge.

West Lezon (3585m)
Accessible from Tochal main ridge, Kolakchal shelter or Shirpala shelter.

East Lezon or Piaz-chal (3540m)
Accessible from Tochal main ridge, Kolakchal shelter or Shirpala shelter.

Kolak-chal (3300m)
From Kolakchal shelter (through Golab-dareh valley, Vezbad valley or Jamshidieh park)

Siah-band (3320m)
From Dar-abad valley and Dar-abad hut.

Gondola lift
Tochal has a long gondola lift which begins from Velenjak valley at 1900m and ends in the last station at 3740m near the main ridge
of Tochal. This gondola lift is used for accessing ski resorts and other recreational centers on the mountain. 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 2935m. There is a restaurant and a rescue center. This station is in the middle of one of the ski slopes which is open
only in mid winter. This station is also accessible through several climbing paths like Shirpala shelter, Osoon valley and Palang-chal shelter.
Station 7 is at 3740m 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 30 minutes walk from this point. This station is also reachable from Hezar-cham climbing path from Station 5.

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توچال
توچال قله‌ای در شمال تهران و به ارتفاع ۳۹۶۲ متر می‌باشد که بخشی از دامنه رشته‌کوه‌های البرز است. دامنه جنوبی توچال مجاور با شهر تهران و قله آن مشرف به این شهر است. مشهورترین و پررفت و آمدترین پناهگاه‌ها و جان پناه‌های توچال به ترتیب از شرق به غرب کلک‌چال، شروین، شیرپلا، ایستگاه پنجم تله کابین، اسپیدکمر و پلنگ‌چال هستند که همگی آنها مشرف به تهران هستند. تله‌کابین توچال (علاوه بر تله‌سی‌یژ مختصر منطقه دربند) دارای بالابر است و پیست توچال تنها مکان قابل اسکی این منطقه‌است. ایستگاه سوم این تله کابین در ۲۰۰۰ متری از سطح دریا، ایستگاه پنجم در ۳۰۰۰ متری و ایستگاه هفتم در ارتفاع ۳۷۰۰ متری از سطح دریا است. از سال ۲۰۰۳ میلادی مهمان‌پذیری به نام «هتل توچال» در ایستگاه هفتم تله‌کابین توچال تکمیل و راه‌اندازی شده‌است. نمای این هتل از چوب بوده و به هر دو دامنه البرز (تهران در دامنه جنوبی و روستاهای شمال و جاده چالوس در دامنه شمالی) اشراف دارد. بنا به اظهارات مجموعه تله کابین توچال، این هتل با ارتفاعی حدود ۳۷۰۰ متر از سطح دریا، مرتفعترین هتل دنیا می‌باشد. قدیمی ترین جانپناه کوهنوردی ایران (اسپید کمر) در جنوب قله توچال و شرق ایستگاه ۵ قرار دارد .
ویکیپدیا

پناهگاه توچال در دامنه جنوبی البرز و در کوهستان مشهور به توچال بر پا شده است‌. قلة توچال میعادگاه اصلی کوه‌نوردان تهران است‌. مشهورترین و پر رفت و آمدترین پناهگاه‌های توچال از شرق به غرب عبارتند از: کلک چال‌، شروین‌، شیرپلا، توچال‌، اسپیدکمر و پلنگ چال‌، که همگی آن‌ها مشرف به تهران هستند. علاوه بر تله سی‌یژ منطقة دربند، توچال دارای تله‌کابین صندوقی است و پیست اسکی توچال تنها مکان اسکی روی برف این منطقه است‌. ویژگی محلی توچال موقعیت خاص جغرافیایی آن است که کوه‌نوردان و علاقه‌مندان به اسکی می‌توانند از آن استفاده کنند و خانواده‌ها هم با استفاده از تله‌کابین از هوای کوهستانی منطقه لذت می‌برند.
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