Ski resorts · 22 ski areas
Best Ski Resorts in Iran
Iran has 22 ski areas with 36 km of mapped downhill runs and 70 lifts. The biggest is پیست اسکی دربندسر, Darbandsar Ski Resort (9.0 km). The highest skiing reaches 3,846 m at پیست بین المللی اسکی توچال, Tochal International Ski Resort.
- Ski areas
- 22
- Downhill runs
- 36 km
- Lifts
- 70
- Highest point
- 3,846 m
Iran has 22 ski areas with 36 km of mapped downhill runs and 70 lifts. That puts it #24 of 73 skiing countries by number of resorts and #41 by kilometres of slopes. The average ski area has about 2.3 km of runs.
Biggest ski resorts in Iran
The largest ski areas are پیست اسکی دربندسر (9.0 km), پیست اسکی دیزین (8.0 km), پیست اسکی شیرباد (2.8 km), پیست اسکی شمشک (2.8 km) and پیست بین المللی اسکی توچال (2.2 km). Together these 5 hold 68% of the country's slopes. By size, 22 smaller ski hills have under 10 km — most skiing here happens on local hills close to towns.
Slopes and difficulty
Across all resorts, 52% of the slopes are beginner or easy, 36% intermediate and 12% advanced or expert — a friendly mix for beginners and families.
Where to ski in Iran
The highest skiing is at پیست بین المللی اسکی توچال, up to 3,846 m, followed by پیست اسکی دیزین (3,620 m). The longest vertical drop — 944 m — is at پیست اسکی دیزین. Most slopes are in Tehran (5 areas, 15 km), Alborz (2 areas, 10 km) and Khorasan (1 areas, 3 km).
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Slopes = mapped downhill runs.