2023-06-10 Shabrouh Rock & Dam: The Extended Loop
Ibilbideko argazkiak
Egilea
Ibilbidearen estatistikak
- Distantzia
- 19,61 km
- Desnibel positiboa
- 816 m
- Zailtasun maila
- Zaila
- Desnibel negatiboa
- 816 m
- Gehieneko garaiera
- 1.945 m
- TrailRank
- 56
- Gutxieneko garaiera
- 1.548 m
- Ibilbide mota
- Zirkularrak
- Iraupena
- 6 ordu 54 minutu
- Koordenatuak
- 1646
- Noiz igoa
- 12 de junio de 2023
- Noiz egina
- junio 2023
Nondik gertu: Aïn Ourâj, Mont-Liban (Libanon)
Ikusita 226 aldiz, jaitsita 4 aldiz
Ibilbideko argazkiak
Bidearen deskribapena
Just to introduce the elephant in the room, this is a difficult hike. It is a difficult hike because it is long and because it is mostly a rocky trail.
Whatever you pay in sweat, you make up for it in beautiful landscape and scenery.
The hike started from the bottom of the Shabrouh dam and moved left toward Hrajel (The first 5+ km were on pavement). After Hrajel, the hike started to take shape, the trail started a steady climb passing by rock formations that was shaped by thousands of years of snow, rain, and sun. Some of these rocks had familiar shapes and we named them based on these shapes: snake, turtle, etc.
The sky was blue clear with dispersed white clouds and the breeze made it a cool one.
After the quarry, we started our downhill towards the Shabrouh lake and the taupe color started to mingle with the jaded green color of the lake.
The objective of this hike was to break a sweat (which we DID) and to reach the famous Shabrouh rock. Getting to the rock proved a bit challenging but we made it and there we had our lunch break where, no picture, could describe the view.
After the rock we descended on a steep switchback to reach the banks of the lake - my fellow hikers enjoyed a dip in the cold water of Shabrouh and half an hour later we reached our cars and called it a day.
Bideguneak
Gaua pasatzeko lekua
1.590 m
Old Style Resort Homes
I was happy to see this sustainable architecture; the roof of the houses are used to raise veggies.
Bidegurutzea
1.561 m
Go Right
Bidegurutzea
1.565 m
Go Left
Ikuspegia
1.675 m
Snake Head
Rock formations over thousands of years chiseled by snow, water, and sun made the rocks look like different shapes.
Zuhaitza
1.672 m
Tree Rock
One of the few trees (oak) encountered on this trail. It is protected by the rocks surrounding it.
Ikuspegia
1.738 m
Coffee Break
My fellow hikers decided to have their coffee break in the shade of the Turtle (we named it) rock.
Ikuspegia
1.818 m
Oasis
once in a while we came across a sinkhole rich with lush greens. Such a treat in the middle of rocky terrain.
Eraikin erlijiosoa
1.868 m
Cross
Christian towns have grown the habit of putting up a cross on the highest hills surrounding the villages.
Aintzira
1.875 m
Shabrouh Peek-A-Boo
The first sighting of the Shabrouh lake from. We had visual contact a few hundred meters before the summit of the trail.
Bidegunea
1.855 m
Quarry Site
You see this all over Lebanon; "citizens" take advantage of the government impenitence to punish them and start destroying nature. The quarry is the summit of this trail.
Bidegunea
1.944 m
GIS
A GIS mark placed by the Lebanese army to be used as reference point for border demarcation.
Nahi izanez gero iruzkin bat utzi edo baloratu ibilbide hau
Kokapenaren inguruko iritzi eta galderak