Sabalan is a summit in north west of Iran . and Alborz mountains are chain mountains located in south of Caspian sea as a belt from east to west . in this tour we start biking from mehraban town near sabalan and in 11 days after crossing the mountains and highlands reach to caspian see . the step by step of the tour is as bellow :
day 1: after a breakfast in garden in mehraban , the biking had started . we going up in the roads that reach to the sabalan highlands . mehraban was not so cold but after lunch we reach to the montains full of snow . in some places snow was accumulated more than 10 meters . the back up pickup can not cross the way and we continue without support car . snow and reduction on temperature make the riding difficult . in sunset we reach to the tents of shepherds and ask him to take mo to the destination by pickup . they invite us to the tent and host us with tea, cheese and bread and after that took us to the qaynarja .
the GPS track and pictures of this day can be found in this link
Second day
wow.This courage. This place is very beautiful and you must be very strong. Life time journey it must be. Best of luck FROM TEAM Bike Riding
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