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Placeholder illustration of a paraglider above a snow-capped volcanic cone

Damavand

The highest peak in the Middle East

Unverified

The technical detail for Damavand has not been checked by a local pilot yet. Treat everything here as background reading, not as a site briefing. Fly with someone who knows the site.

Damavand is a near-perfect cone rising alone to 5,610 m — the highest peak in the Middle East and the highest volcano in Asia. It is not a subtle mountain. From the air it dominates everything, and a wing photographed against it needs no caption.

Editor’s note — the sections below are a template. Fill them from your own logbook and from local pilots, then set verified: true in this file’s frontmatter. Until you do, the page shows an unverified-data warning.

The flying

What the air does here, at what time of day, and who this site suits.

Take-off

Elevation, aspect, surface, how much room, what wind makes it work and what makes it unflyable.

Landing

Official LZ, alternates, and the outs on a bad glide.

Getting there

Road, vehicle, season, and whether you need a local contact.

Hazards

Rotor, wires, restricted ground, wildlife, altitude, retrieve difficulty.

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