Tochal Telecabin
Taking 45 minutes to run 7.5km up to within a short hike of the summit of Mt Tochal (3933m), the Tochal Telecabin provides a spectacular ride at any time of year. You don’t have to go all the way (and you’ll need to change gondolas at Station 5 anyway), but there’s a ski resort up top where you’ll find snow between six and eight months of the year. The moun-tain is also a highly popular hiking destina-tion in the warmer months.
The telecabin is super busy on Thursday, Friday and public holidays when Tehranis flock here as much for the socialising as the skiing or hiking; on such days waits of an hour or more in line are not uncommon. On other days, however, it’s virtually empty. Note the telecabin doesn’t run in windy weather; it’s worth calling ahead to check.
To get here, ask for a shuttle taxi to To-chal Telecabin from the north side of Ta-jrish Sq. From the entrance you can walk (10 minutes) or catch a bus (IR10,000) to the telecabin itself. On the way you’ll pass several cafes, a single zip line operation and the Alpine Coaster, a bob-sleigh-style ride on metal tracks. Be-side the telecabin there’s also a chairlift running to Cheshmeh, a popular hiking location not as far up the mountains.
The telecabin stops twice en route to the top Station 7 at 3740m – first at Station 2 (2400m), then Station 5 (2935m), where there’s a cafe.
Tochal Ski Resort
Hugging the peak of Mt Tochal, and reached via the Tochal Tele-cabin (p50), this is the easiest ski resort to access from Tehran. The location at 3500m is spectacular, but the gentle slopes, ac-cessed via a couple of chair and drag lifts, are not so long and mostly for beginners and intermediate skiers and snowboarders.
If there’s sufficient snow it’s possible to ski down from the top Station 7 of the tele-cabin to Station 5.
Ski passes are sold at Station 1, where it’s best to rent any equipment you need, too (there is very limited equipment available at the resort). If you book to stay at the comfortable Tochal Hotel, your return telecabin journey and two days of skiing at the summit are covered. There’s also a self-serve cafe at the hotel as well as another cafe at Station 5.
Points Of Interest
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This popular in town escape stretches ever more steeply up the mountainside at Tehran’s northern edge
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