Elevation gain is mentioned wrong, it should be 1200.
Highlander Event created one of the best Trail that covers almost 50 Kms and it is the best. The trail is well laid and manmade stairs in many places keeps your fo...
I was able to cover this trail today with a buddy. We started at 8:20am from the Wadi Galilah dam parking and finished t...Joel JohnI followed this trail. Highly appreciated the detailsIulian PThank you for all the trail info. We conquered this in 7.5 hours. 3.5 to get up and 4 to come down. We found coming down...michelle.daniel75
Natural Springs..! Pools..! Abandoned Car..! And much more..!
Since RAK has some restrictions and Fujairah / Hatta areas are flooded with hikers, I ended up hiking in Oman in the last weekend!
And this Oman is inside...
Beautiful hike with lots of little streams and waterfalls
Got to see the jayakar Oman lizard towards the 3rd km of the ...N.A.SKids had an amazing time exploring. The wadi and springs were beautiful and easy to follow thanks to your directions and...Fawzia AlyafaiScaling Wadi AL hora was a personal challenge, because in first attempt,I could not even find the entrance to the trail....Basant Jain
Update: RAKTDA has put a signboard in the starting point of Wadi Lithbah saying that illegal border crossing is prohibited and recently there is Oman military checking reported at the village (after the vertical climb). ...
Iconic hike of UAE, recorded very well5by mohsin. The description for each waypoint kept on trail without any error. Tha...Husnain Ashfaq
A brutally long, yet rewarding, hike from a small village in Wadi Bih all the way up to the summit of Jebel Tafif in Oman.
If completed as a return route, this hike is approaching 34km. I started at sunrise and complete...
Beautiful and difficult route, and an excellent description.
Thank you very much for your documentation work and detail...Pablo de Gárate
A route I had heard mention of over the years, but never got around to doing, 'the hidden staircase'. What was supposed to be day on jebel qihwi turned out to be a day in wadi khabb al shamsi, hunting down the mysterious...
A functional village on the top of the staircase.'Rainbow Hiker' Patrick Vijay D'Silva
We did this very special hike on the 49th National Day of UAE. We wanted to reach the Top point of UAE where the altitude is above 1900m+.
17 hikers, 21km carrying 5 litres of water, sleeping bag, mat, jacket, food and ...
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We 2 friends hiked this trail and then continued to Ghaf Trail towards Ghalilah Dam Descent and finally t...HikerPatrick.Com
A thoroughly enjoyable hike from the entry point of Wadi Haqab all the way to the summit of Jebel Qada’a taking in the villages of Ras and Magam along the way.
A recently renovated footpath leads all the way to Ras vill...
Beautiful and difficult route, and an excellent description.
Thank you very much for your documentation work and detail...Pablo de Gárate
Update Feb 2024.
Please follow below trail for the actual path as designed by Highlander 2021 as I had hiked this older trail by exploration and without proper trail in about 8 Kms area at upper Jais.
https://www.wik...
Done this time as a loop.. Bit deviated here and there and ended up with 25km hike.. We started from the Galilah dam at ...Muhasin Pallikkal
Moderate difficulty trail with a good, safe and well laid path all the way. Stairs mark the start of the trail, just below a small private parking. We took our kids (11 and 13y) and they enjoyed it too. Beautiful views a...
We did this trail..Thanks for the postingmanish thakare
The Stairway to Heaven Loop is probably the most talked about mountain route in the UAE, and it is stunning, unique and exciting to do. However, people get lost frequently, stuck frequently, and worse. I have friends who...
Great trail. Did it counter-clockwise (started with left bank). Route description was great and easy to follow. Much lik...Rus OwenThank you for the track and all the valuable information (also in the comments). We did it today, starting at 8:45 and a...daennyA lot of thanks to Ben Robbins for his descriptions of Stairway to heaven and Wadi Ghalilah!
My first impression is tha...vl-sher
Towards the end of 2020, I set myself a challenge to hike Jebel Jais from various directions and reach its True Summit at 1935 meters Peak, which Technically lies with our neighbours.
The challenge to self was to comple...
Well marked trail. Very good information.vbhandavatHi, so we finally did it. We could not acces the trail from Puro, as may initial plan to make it shorter, because it's a...elida ilinoiuDid this today…accurate and trail is easy to follow..Khaloii!
Stairways To Heaven, one of the most popular trail in the region which is further classified as Right bank (Wadi Lithbah to Ras al ghash village and come back through the same way - Moderate+ level) and Full loop (Includ...
Best to camp up therehashim muhammedThanks for recordingsivasamboos
Having seen a handful of precariously placed farm houses towards the top of the Haqab valley when gallivanting across the qada'ah ridge line in days gone by, it was almost certain that there was a more practical route to...
Hi Ben, This trail surprisingly I did it with one local after an exploration for honey hives. The Village you passed nam...Ebrahim AlnuaimiWord of warning for those who wants to do this trail - follow the trail exactly or study it properly beforehand, so that...Esentai MämbetWe did a detour by accidentally turning at WP 18 into the wadi on the left, reaching a small waterfall. This is actually...Stefan Brinkmann 1
If you followed my trail, referred my detailed text and if it helped you in achieving your goal or not, Kindly leave a comment / review on wikiloc post after your hike.
It will be helpful for fellow hikers to understand...
I look back now to this moment in time; March 2020. Here I was, scrambling around in the Hajar mountains, venturing into personally undiscovered areas, seeing wadis, peaks and routes stretching off into the distance, and...
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/jebel-harf-tila-loop-exploration-155448539'Rainbow Hiker' Patrick Vijay D'Silva
This hike is actually beginner plus grade hike, but can be moderate in peak summer.
Near Harf Ghabi village, there is a old settlement of village (ruins ), 2 ancient mosques and a large graveyard.
this area is situat...
thank youBtwokNice hike that can be smoothly navigated, need shoes.
Ancient mosque has no information though.Maggie Roche
A less known but well laid trail in Jebel Jais area that leads you through man made staircases and sandy path towards ancient Hebs Village.
You can either hike up the stairs for 2 km to the first mountain settlement and...
Thanks to road reel it was an amazing hikeKishorI followed this. Highly appreciated the detailsIulian PAmazing trail, was on my list since last season..so happy we made it! Thanks for all the info!👍elida ilinoiu
This is the repeat of the same hike that we did 2024.
This recording includes 6 kms of Offroading from Daba - Khasab main offroad too.
https://hikerpatrick.com/jebel-qihwi-twin-peaks-hike-musandam-oman/
More detai...
It was nice hike thanks to patrick ji, planned and executed well .mostly especially my week off etc
Thankyou so much al...MG N Rajan
Oman: Khasab. M8. Roos al Jibal. Musandam.
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Very good trail. I followed and really appreciate the information provide above.vbhandavat
It is one of the most famous hikes in the UAE and definitely difficult. It is about a 17 km route which requires about 10-12 hours to accomplish. It includes some basic scrambling. GPS has an issue when you are deep in t...
Did it without a guide - exhilarating but tough! There is no marked route from the top of the stairway to the beginning ...Johnny ScottHi, my friend and I did this route on the 18 Dec 2021. It ascent can be a little tricky if you’ve not downloaded the exa...paul.smith19473
It is a part of probably the most famous trail in the UAE - Stairway to haven. This part is used to prepare for the full loop or by intermediate hikers as this part is well marked, has a lot of manmade steps and there ar...
Oman: Khasab. Al Sayh/jebel Harim to Jebel Jais Summit.
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Verified. Well marked trail. easy to reach the target. Thanks to Vijay Patrick to take out so much time to write in deta...vbhandavat
I'm not sure if the weather has started to cool, or if complete self-denial led me to believe it had, but either way I felt it was time for the first trek of the 2018 winter season, so I put on my almost-pristine boots a...
Unfortunately this trail is no longer accessible. From the military checkpoint behind the Jebel Jais summit onwards it i...thaddad
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