{"id":102141,"date":"2025-07-11T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/?p=102141"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:54:00","slug":"mount-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/mount-sis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Sis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Sis, also known as \u201cLittle Ararat\u201d is located in the Armenian Highland within the \u201cHaykakan Par\u201d mountain range. It has an elevation of 3,925 meters.<br \/>\nMount Sis is the smaller, cone-shaped peak of the Ararat mountain massif, situated on the southern edge of the Ararat Plain, on the right bank of the Araks River.<\/p>\n<p>According to H. Gabrielyan, the Great and Little Ararat share a pedestal up to 2,400 meters, above which they become separate cones, connected by the \u201cSaddle of the Patriarch\u201d\u2024<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102095\" style=\"width: 2073px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102095\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102095\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mount Sis\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?w=2063&amp;ssl=1 2063w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=1030%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=705%2C470&amp;ssl=1 705w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/37a0ea22-6cdf-4dbe-ad4e-ecc52a8e0995.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-102095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Sis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since 2014, we have been organizing ascents to Mount Ararat. However, Mount Sis was inaccessible for mountaineering for many years. Now it has finally become available for ascents, offering a rare opportunity for us to organize hiking tours to it&#8217;s summit. You can become one of the lucky ones to be part of this unique experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Join our hike to Mount Sis<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/ascent-to-mount-sis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?resize=1500%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ascent to Mount Sis\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?resize=1030%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armgeo.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/little-ararat-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2>Hiking and Trekking in Armenia<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Sis, also known as \u201cLittle Ararat\u201d is located in the Armenian Highland within the \u201cHaykakan Par\u201d mountain range. 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