{"id":30496,"date":"2018-01-24T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T12:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/climbing_the_northern_peak_of_aragats\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T07:25:02","slug":"climbing-the-northern-peak-of-aragats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/climbing-the-northern-peak-of-aragats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Northern summit of Aragats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mountain Aragats is the highest point of nowadays Armenia. It is also the most desirable destination for tourists. Anyone who had ever heard about Armenia, heard about mountain Aragats as well. Aragats is a lonely extinct volcano, the highest mountain of nowadays Armenia. Aragats is a majestic natural monument with four peaks \u2013 Northern \u2013 4090.1 meters, Western \u2013 3995.3 m, Eastern \u2013 3908.2 meters, Southern \u2013 3887.8 meters.<\/p>\n

The following program is for those who have already arrived to Armenia, had a walk in Yerevan, visited all the attractions and just want to escape to the mountains for two days. We will pick you up from your hotel\/hostel and begin our journey in the mountains of Armenia to start your\u00a0mount Aragats hiking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 1: Amberd fortress & Lake Kari (stone lake)<\/b><\/h3>\n

A medieval fortress Amberd is located on the slopes of mountain Aragats, 2100 m. above sea level.\u00a0The history of Amberd goes back to the 7th century when Armenian noble family of Kamsarakans started there construction of the fortress, which concidered to be their summer residence. In the 10th century the Kamsarakans had to pass this strategic point to another Armenian noble family of Pahlavuni. <\/span>In the 11th century\u00a0 the Armenian commander Vagram Pahlavuni ordered to fortify the complex of Amberd and build there a church, which was later named after him \u2013 Vagramashen. After exploring the complex, we will continue our way to the lake Kari. An Alpine lake is situated at the height of 3200m above sea level, on the plateau, under the mountain peaks. Not far from the lake we will set up our camp and have a walk around the lake. We will spent the night on the slopes of Aragats for acclimatization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amberd fortress<\/p><\/div>\n\n