Mountains of Armenia

Mount Dimats is a 2,378-metre peak in the Ijevan Mountains of northern Armenia, rising above the forests of…

Armenia’s highest mountain — an extinct four-peaked stratovolcano with summits up to 4,090 metres ringing a three-kilometre crater, climbed from Lake Kari on the southern slope.

Sacred 3,206-metre peak in southern Armenia above Kapan — alpine meadows, pre-Christian pilgrimage springs and the longest, hardest day-hike summit in the Syunik mountains.

Twin volcanic peaks rising 5,137 metres above the plain — Armenia’s sacred mountain, visible from Yerevan and photographed best at sunrise from the monastery of Khor Virap.

Highest peak of the Geghama range (3,597 m) with a perfectly round crater lake at the summit, surrounded by petroglyphs and ancient dragon stones — a serious day hike from Yerevan.

Easy 6-kilometre hike up Mount Artanish, a 2,461-metre peak on the Artanish Peninsula, with one of the best panoramic views of Lake Sevan in Armenia.

Extinct volcano 36 km north of Yerevan with a ring crater and the silhouette of a sleeping giant — the mythical mountain of King Ara the Beautiful.

Cone-shaped volcano of the Geghama range less than an hour from Yerevan — multiple trails from Kaputan, Zovashen and Argel, plus the Karasunakn springs and a hilltop cave.

Easy day hike to the 2,299-metre extinct volcano of Mount Gutanasar in Kotayk, an hour from Yerevan, with sweeping views of Aragats, Ararat, Ara and Hatis from the summit.