Scott - Oct 24, 2023 7:42 am Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2023
Süphan Dağı
I climbed Süphan Dağı, the second highest volcano in Turkey. It was a hard won summit and there was a lot of knee to waist deep snow to wade though. We also started at 7000 feet (2130 meters), so had 6000+ feet (1830+ meters) of elevation gain. That's a lot for me in one day considering the conditions. It took 9 hours just to reach the top without stopping much. Luckily the trip down was much faster. I went with two locals.
We had a mix of a whole lot of weather: Snow, hail, whiteout, and sunshine.
rgg - Nov 9, 2010 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2005
From the south
As we were not very well acclimatized, we were real slow going up. Once we were more or less on the summit, it turned out to be sort of a plateau with lots of peaks, so we spent quite a lot of time trying to find the true summit.
Psico - Oct 8, 2009 7:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2009
Route Climbed: Southern, from Harmantepe Village Date Climbed: June 12/13, 2005
We have started from Harmantepe (2100 m) and made a camp in about 2900 m. Next day we reach the summit (Southern Peak) after about 6 hours. It is not difficult, but over 3300-3500 m it is much snow in June there. We made pictures and film on the way also, in other conditions you can reach the summit faster. Walking poles and wind protection are reccomended.
Scott - Oct 24, 2023 7:42 am Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2023
Süphan DağıI climbed Süphan Dağı, the second highest volcano in Turkey. It was a hard won summit and there was a lot of knee to waist deep snow to wade though. We also started at 7000 feet (2130 meters), so had 6000+ feet (1830+ meters) of elevation gain. That's a lot for me in one day considering the conditions. It took 9 hours just to reach the top without stopping much. Luckily the trip down was much faster. I went with two locals.
We had a mix of a whole lot of weather: Snow, hail, whiteout, and sunshine.
rgg - Nov 9, 2010 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2005
From the southAs we were not very well acclimatized, we were real slow going up. Once we were more or less on the summit, it turned out to be sort of a plateau with lots of peaks, so we spent quite a lot of time trying to find the true summit.
Psico - Oct 8, 2009 7:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2009
Portuguese ClimberVery hard rocks!!! But a Nice View
Tomasz Jazwinski - Oct 23, 2005 4:29 am
Route Climbed: Southern, from Harmantepe Village Date Climbed: June 12/13, 2005We have started from Harmantepe (2100 m) and made a camp in about 2900 m. Next day we reach the summit (Southern Peak) after about 6 hours. It is not difficult, but over 3300-3500 m it is much snow in June there. We made pictures and film on the way also, in other conditions you can reach the summit faster. Walking poles and wind protection are reccomended.
mqs - Oct 10, 2005 6:44 pm
Route Climbed: South route (from Harmantepe) Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2005 15:43 PMIt was long route to find the summit- I spend almost 4 hours looking for it with GPS.
I climbed alone.