Dizin reviews

Was there in February 2017. Unfortunately, the weather was bad, heavy wind and heavy snow so most of the lift system was closed. Piste preparation is done during the day (and then the lift system is closed) by an (!) Antique piste machine. The days when it was OK weather opened few lifts, and the top ones never opened. Probably the lifts are so old and fragile that they do not tolerate anything other than sunshine. Don't think Dizin is worth the trip, choose Georgia instead. However, Iran as a country is nice to visit, car hire no problem and the roads good.

Were in Dizin now in mid March 2015. Prices are about half in Sweden. The skiing was very good, the slopes were well prepared, and there was plenty of room for off-piste skiing, 2 days in the snow. Dizin is basically an area of ​​6 * 6 km where it is possible to go off'pist almost everywhere, of varying degrees of difficulty. However, caution for the areas marked as dangerous on the map, especially the small valley in the middle of the plant due to low infarction. There are 4 egg lifts, 3 seat lifts, 2 anchor lifts and 6 button lifts. The slopes are of varying degrees of difficulty. In terms of conditions, not all lifts are open, last day we were there, only the first egg was due to snowfall and few people traveling. However, there is enough to go from there anyway. There are 3 restaurants in the middle of the hill, and 2 smaller at the bottom, all are not always open. The lifts opened in 0830 and close around 1530, it varies a little, in Iran it is a more flexible time view.

The entire facility is from the late 60's, it's a bit of a time trip as well. Both hotels at the piste are well maintained. The food is relatively simple but savory Persian food and identical in both places. Good coffee is available in the cafe at hotel 2, and Amir makes an excellent hot chocolate in hotel 1.The staff is very nice, by the way, the whole facility. Try just a few words Persian ........

Dizin is about an hour from Tehran if the direct route is open, but it is often closed due to avalanches, so it takes 2-3 hours by taxi via the Chalous road. There are different heights inscribed on different maps. The peak of the peak is 3600m, and the bottom of the 2650m hill according to GPS. The slopes are also not located on the map, and they have no edge markers, so a guide / instructor can be worth the money on the first day at least. These gentlemen find the best off-piste ride as well.

Prices: Flights Stockholm-Tehran to SEK 2600 / person
Airport transfer to Tehran 2 times: 300: - (4 persons)
Taxi at Tehran-Dizin: 750: - (4 people)
(If the short road is open, it costs about half)
Hotel: 500: - / night for a double room
Ski pass: 190: - / day
Ski equipment rental: 500: - / 5 days
Breakfast / lunch / 3fika / dinner: 200: - / person
Ski instructor: 500: - / day

After skiing does not exist, but there is always the possibility of being invited to a private party :-)

Then see some general advice when traveling to Iran. The country is easy to travel in, the communications are good. It is safe to exclude traffic. People are friendly and helpful and generally honest. The risk of being cheated by a taxi driver is significantly greater in Stockholm. Some words Farsi is good to learn before the trip, it breaks a lot of ice. If you can not understand, there is always someone who speaks English nearby. Bring enough money, cards do not work here, everything is paid by cash. Please switch to Teheran on Ferdowsi Street, much better than hotel or airport. It is within walking distance of the Bazaar.

Were with Pathfinder in Iran during week 7.
advantages:
- almost untouched snow all week.
easy to access the offpiste ,,, a cut, you were out with untouched
- very few people in the system (I mean maybe 10-15 Iranians in the piste) and an offpist group of 6 Swedes ,,, with the exception of their holiday on Friday ,, then there were some runners in the bottom the lifts of about 10-15 minutes.
- Large areas to just burn down for
- Great guide - Mattias Jansson, or, as he was called Mr. Jansson, assembled the whole group in a good way, and he was nice and very service minded.
- please do the trip again, but then I would probably stay 2 weeks instead.
"The people are kindly friendly and I have probably not been in the same way," they will be demented. You are not cheated on money or you do not have to check their stuff when you put them beside them to pick up the tray at the top restaurant etc.

Cons:
- the language ... you can only see or scratch it's a bit tough
- The breakfast at hotel dizin is very uniform (costs about 6-7USD)
- The lunch is quite monotonous (costs about 8-12USD)
- dinner is quite monotonous (costs about 10USD)
- Some of the lifts should look for new jobs, do not understand the service industry.
- can almost only pay with Rialer in the back o at the hotel.
"Are you here for the pisces, you've probably misunderstood something else?", only the offpist is worth here.
- The standard of the hotel is disaster ,,, then I mean disaster, but a big advantage is that the hot water worked all the time and that there were sitting toilets in the rooms
- The lift capacity / space is probably slightly limited in the case of their egg lifts - it should be 4 ",, but because their skis are too wide they do not fit into their racks so you can get it together with your back , etc ... so 2 people are probably more appropriate.

My rating of 4 depends on the factors outside the mountain ,, ie hotel and food ,,, otherwise it would have become a 5

Just returned from a visit to Dizin. Compared to 05, this year was a little less snow. Also did not get the same amount of new pillows as two years ago. But still okay. Easy-to-use pillows from lifts and simple top trips in connection with the system when the snow closest to the lifts is raised.

Difference to 2005:
* Less snow
* More people (Shemshak closed this year)
* Significantly more Iranians who run pillows
* Better equipped iranians (helmet not quite unusual now!)
* More policemen (hide your comradios ..)
* Higher demands on gender-based liftkö
* Pizzerian at Dizin Hotel Riven
* No mentholms and handball fans in the sauna

The rest about the same. Including the same staff in both lifts and at Dizin Hotel :)

Wow in Dizin about 14 to 21 Jan, perfect weather only a little cloudy first then, the snow kept cozy all week (had snowed 2 before we arrived) a bit of sparkle though, but though. Nice powder skating, a little problem with lifts in good places, but not all time went.

On Thursday (possibly Wednesday when we were in Shemshack) for some reason, it was totally bombed with people and queues, + that some lifts to the shady place did not mean a few yokes.

Shemshack was basically broken on the day we were there, probably because of Norwegians and other otyg ..

Been in Iran 2 weeks in January. If I had rated it then it would not have been the highest rating, even though I was happy with the powder. But after spending the weeks around Easter at 3 alpines I now put a five! Iran has pampered me with pillows that last for days and no lift queues. Told me after the Iranian journey that it was fun, but it felt like 2 weeks there were enough. But have to rethink it, Iran is closer to hand than the Alps next time it's time ...

Here I and some other people have written tips and tricks for whoever is going to: http://www.freeride.nu/forum/thread.php?t=19707

Went there on your own without being able to speak a word Persian. Tricks to find accommodation besides the hotel in Dizin and Gajereh. However, we rented a floor down the village [Vajlrathruh] or how it is spelled ...

The ride is not blurred in my eyes. Good but not amazing. Dizin has the most snow but is also relatively nice. On the other hand, you have a lot of pillows to go up after a dump. Forget the hat at Grand Mottes Cabin, here you can have a cup of tea with the lifting guns without losing a ride.

Easy offpiste is available both within the system and down the back (northeast) where the valley opens at the city road.

Also went to Shemshack but unfortunately there was no snow to really do a good trip. The whole system was a single big puckelpist ...

The rating is for skiing, which travels a clear five.

Traveled with Pathfinder Travels to Dizin 2005. The pudding was as rumors say. Totally amazing! We had an incredible trip with the weather as it snowed in the nights and was sunny in the days.

Recommended to stay at the Dizin hotel and not on Gajereh, as Gajereh can be cut off from the resort by heavy snowy weather.

Recommends Iran warmly to anyone who is sucked in a different skiing experience.

Can only agree with previous reviewers. Go to Iran for the nice psyche ride. Strange feeling to get up in the elevator and see their own tracks 10m long and know that almost no one except you and your friends will track down the snow. Take it easy. Unlike the Alps, probably the lance as you see from the elevator will probably be untouched the next day if you do not have to hurry before closing the system. The local ski patrol seems to have a bad eye on first aid and when I was there our guide had a quick introduction to how to search for avalanches.

I was there between 18-25 / 1.Very good snowmobiling. Just taking the lift and slanting the untouched.We were a gang who traveled with pathfindertravels so we had a great guide with us all the time. The iranians are driving in the piste while we drove completely alone in the dry fine snow. It could hardly be better.

Here are some links:
http://www.pathfindertravels.nu/
http://www.skifed.ir/index1.htm