And from this village, we started ascending Mount Chorbed along a fairly well-trodden and convenient trail. We reached the summit of Mount Chorbed right at lunchtime, so we had lunch, rested, and decided not to descend immediately, but to climb the next mountain as well. Luckily, the trail continued further. We descended through a saddle to an altitude of 1894 meters and from there ascended again to this unnamed mountain, which is even higher than Chorbed, with a height of 2100 meters. A road runs across this mountain, partly dirt, partly even paved. Further on, there are quarries, and they haul something from there in large trucks – I didn't even bother to ask what exactly. Actually, because of this road, we decided to descend that way; it seemed more convenient, and we were just curious to see it.
Well, now in more detail with photos. In the first photos, the place where we got out of the marshrutka and began climbing the trail leading to the village of Fanfarok.
There, our goal for today, Mount Chorbed, becomes visible.
In this photo, we are approaching the village of Fanfarok.
Here we have already passed it. The village, by the way, is not big – a few dozen houses.
From the village, many trails lead straight up. In this photo, Fanfarok is already in the distance.
We approached the mountain itself; all that's left is to climb this slope.
Photos from this slope.
On the slope itself, there are thickets like this, but the trail is very good, switchbacking all the way to the top.
Here we are, emerging onto the summit of Mount Chorbed.
And on the summit of Mount Chorbed, there are fields like this. I don't know exactly what it is – horse sorrel, maybe...
Well, the summit here is quite vast, and in the middle of these fields, there is another small hillock. I think this is the very peak of Mount Chorbed. On it, by the way, there are no these burdocks, and we comfortably settled down on the grass with a view of the city of Dushanbe for lunch.
Next, our path leads there. Here you can see the next mountain that we decided to climb.
Descending to the saddle.
Photos from this saddle.
This saddle is quite long. We walked further along, and photos from here.
The final ascent for today, as always, seems the hardest.
Finally, the summit and photos from it.
Out of all possible directions, we chose this one. It's the closest way to reach the road. By the way, the two mountains in the background are the Kharangoni ridge and Mount Mushtepa, where I also went on a hike once. You can check out those hikes using the links...
Moving down in our chosen direction, we reached the road at this spot. The road winds all over the mountain, descending down.
And from there, we continued along this road until we caught a ride.
And finally, one last photo of Mount Chorbed from this road.
All the best to you and happy hiking.
