Absolutely loved the route as it offered some of the greatest views over the Dilijan and the national park. But don't underestimate because it was quite tough to do in a day in autumn especially if with a heavy backpack.

Hiked on May 21, 2025. Really beautiful and diverse trail — I loved how it keeps changing: one moment you're walking through shady forest, the next you're out in the open with wide views. Lots of twists and turns that make it fun and engaging. Around the middle of the hike, the trail becomes unclear for a bit, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on GPS. Also, in a couple of spots the path goes near shepherds’ houses — expect some loud barking from the dogs there. Nothing dangerous, just something to be aware of. Overall, highly recommended — scenic, dynamic, and a great experience!

Hiked on July 2, 2026 The route is absolutely beautiful. Only small parts of it are on jeep tracks or wide established hiking paths, most of the time you are on very narrow trails. This was, however, a lot more challenging than we expected it to be. Large parts in the middle of the route are not marked at all. A lot of the trail goes through shoulder high brush. I assume that if people hadn't stepped it down shortly before we did the hike we wouldn't have been able to do it. Somewhere around the midway point you go through a small farm. There are aggressive dogs. If the farmer hadn't been there to call them back as they rushed at us this might have ended nasty. He was extremely friendly, offered us water, and gave us directions, however. After his farm we lost the trail completely. We managed to get back on it because we had offline maps and an ANT30 .gpx track of the correct route, but it involved ascending a steep mountainside covered in chest high brush. We couldn't see at all where we stepped as we scrambled over rocks, ground with holes and a small stream. The part of the trail we then ended up on was very hard to follow, too. Another note, the .gpx track of hikearmenia contains a small mistake. Around a quarter of the hike in it will send you over a small stream in a left hand turn, over a fence, and then up a massive field of flowers. The "correct" ANT30 branches off to the right a hundred or so meters before crossing that stream. The hikearmenia gpx track goes back on the correct way, but we couldn't find out where, so we had to backtrack. All in all this is a very worthwhile experience, if you are comfortable with navigating this kind of terrain. We expected something more akin to marked trails in the european alps or scandinavia, and were surprised by this being a LOT more challenging in terms of routefinding and bushwhacking. In hindsight the smarter thing to do would've been to turn around when we lost the trail after the farmer's homestead. Target fixation kept us going, but we got closer to our limits than I feel comfortable with.

Interesting route, nevertheless it doesn't exist in fact in some parts, you're just passing through the bushes. I hiked it in February and it the highest part (before descending) everything was covered in snow which was reaching at least my thighs, what made the route very challenging and dangerous at the end. The route is also passing at the very end through the private farm which is guarded by the dogs, so I had to take another route through the forest as the dogs didn't seem really friendly. Nonetheless the route is very nice, I enjoyed it a lot :)