Damavand is the highest volcano peak in Asia with 5610 m elevation and the symbol of stability for Iranians. It is located in Mazandaran province in north of the country.
It only takes one time to put your steps on it and you will certainly love to ski on it.
Our goal is to give everyone the chance to take part in Ski Mountaineering International Festival
Which is known as Damavand Skimo festival.
More importantly to provide this opportunity for iranians so we as Iran Seven Summit SkiMo Club with cooperation with Atour adventure group decided to hold the third annual SkiMo Festival by adding ISMF series races under the supervision of ISMF and MSFI.
May 11th 2019, The first day of the festival, it started by registration of athletes from Austria, Switzerland, Catalan and Iran and terminated with opening ceremony.
On the next day, the third Skimo festival was started by sky running race, the start point was at 2100 with the length of 8 km and participants ran the whole way up to 3000 m where they reach to the finish point. Here you can check the winners:
Women category:
Sophie Andrey – Switzerland
Farzane Sharifi – Iran
Julia Casanovas – Catalan
Men category:
Christian Hoffman – Austria
Sattar Seyd – Iran
Jordi Allis Catalan
The third day (May 13th) the Ski Mountaineering race in Sprint category was held at 3100 meters above sea level, and participants had a chance to challenge themselves in an absolutely standard race. Here are the winners of the sprint race in both Women and Men categories:
Women:
Julia Casanovas – Catalan
Sophie Andrey – Switzerland
Marzie Baha – Iran
Men:
Pau Coll – Catalan
Christian Hoffman – Austria
Jordi Allis – Catalan
Eventually the last day of the ISMF series, was completed by conducting the vertical race; the athletes participated in a race which was started at 3000m and ended to 3700 meters above the sea level. And the winners of the vertical race in both women and men category were:
Women:
Sophie Andrey – Switzerland
Julia Casanovas – Catalan
Marzie Baha – Iran
Men:
Christian Hoffman – Austria
Jordi Allis – Catalan
Pau Coll – Catalan
On May 15th and 16th, to complete our goal by sharing knowledge and experiences of the all the athletes, a group ascent to top the summit of Damavand was leaded by the manager of the festival Mr. Hossein Salehi just to create a great memory for upcoming years.
Technical Report of Damavand SkiMo Festival 2019
The festival organized by:
Iran Seven Summit SkiMo Club
with cooperation
Atour adventure group
Held : ISMF series races
under the supervision of ISMF and MSFI
Sponsors:
Iran Seven Summit SkiMo Club
Atour Adventure group
Salex sport equipments
Farnam sport company
Outdoorland equipment store
Shibaba food company
Jam sport
Accommodation:
First camp of Mount Damavand
Altitude: 2000m
#Skyrunning vertical race
Distance: 8.5 km
Elevation: 1000m
Start line: camp1 (Rine) 2000m
Finish line : camp2 (Mosque) 3000m
Women winners :
۱٫Sophie Andrey – Switzerland (1:15:30)
۲٫Farzane Sharifi – Iran (1:17:59)
۳٫Julia Casanovas – Catalan (1:21:04)
Men winners :
۱٫Christian Hoffman – Austria (53:43)
۲٫Sattar Seyd – Iran (54:26)
۳٫Jordi Allis Catalan (55:32)
#SkiMo sprint race :
Start line: 3250m
Totall ascent for men: 80m
Totall ascent for women: 70m
_Skining flat part: 30m
_Skining kick turn part: 30m
_Foot part : 10m
_ last Skinning part just for man 10m
_Downhill ski to finish 80 m
Women winners :
۱٫Julia Casanovas – Catalan (4:29)
۲٫Sophie Andrey – Switzerland (5:15)
۳٫Marzie Baha – Iran (6:13)
Men winners :
۱٫Pau Coll – Catalan (3:50)
۲٫Christian Hoffman – Austria (3:53)
۳٫Jordi Allis – Catalan (3:58)
#SkiMo Vertical race:
Start line: 3250m
Finish line: 3900m
Elevation: 650m
Best time: 26:24 min
Women winners :
۱٫Sophie Andrey – Switzerland (39:35)
۲٫Julia Casanovas – Catalan (39:50)
۳٫Marzie Baha – Iran (49:45)
Men winners :
۱٫Christian Hoffman – Austria (26:24)
۲٫Pau Coll – Catalan (27:33)
۳٫Jordi Allis – Catalan (28:40)
DAMAVAND Summit:
Mt.Damavand with 5610 m altitude
the highest volcano peak in Asia
Iran _ Mazandaran _ Rine
Sharing knowledge and Experiences of ski mountaineering and create a great memory during Ski expedition of Mount Damavand.
Camp 3 mountain Hut : 4200m
Last ascent to Damavand Summit : 1410m
SUMMIT: 5610
and last Disent Skiing: 2500m
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