Aghveran Loop

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Aghveran Loop

10.1 km

2489m

1961m

Hard

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TSAGHKUNYATS LAKE

This 5-hour loop hike kicks off in the village of Aghveran, taking hikers through the regions of Kotayk and Aragatostn by way of imposing mountain ridges. Along the way, take a moment to appreciate the small but beautiful Tsaghkunyats Lake.

Starting right by the Arthurs Aghveran Resort in Aghveran, a village known for its spas and resorts, this trail takes you up the beautiful ridges of the Tsaghkunyats mountains. Formed by a volcanic field, this mountain range stretches from the Pambak Mountains in the north to the right bank of the Hrazdan River in the southeast. Its highest peak is Mount Teghenis, which you can see from this trail.

After crossing from Kotayk Province into Aragatsotn Province along the mountainsides, you’ll find Tsaghkunyats Lake, where you can get a spectacular view of the surrounding landscape. From there, the trail goes down and back to the resort area via the ridgeline on the east side of the valley.

If you’d like to hike this trail in the winter, we strongly advise you to wear snowshoes as there is quite a bit of snowfall in the area at this time of year. Make sure you’re aware of the snow conditions before heading out – risk of an avalanche is always possible. You can contact us directly by phone or via message on our Facebook page for more information.

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kseniya tretyakova

Отличная тропа, с перекусом и остановками заняла 4,5 часа. Лучше идти по часовой стрелке.

Галина Петрова

This is an easy and pleasant trail. There are lots of flowers here in June, very pretty.

Sergey Baghdasaryan

The Trail was fantastic with beautiful seasides, I did it with my 5 year old son on April 23. who is going to do it in the near days I recommend you to take hot clothing as on the top there is still snow!!!

Casey Bartrem

We went up the west side of the loop and reached the lake. The road for the east part of the loop wash washed out and steep because of rain, so we went back the way we came up. Still beautiful!

Никита Достоевский

Хороший маршрут. Прошли его с 13.00 до 17.00, с учетом остановок на перекусы и рассмотрения достопримечательностей. Советую идти по часовой стрелке.

Katrin Avanesyan

Aghveran trail is my personal favourite one. Such scenery and beautiful mountains. However, we were off the trail by mistake and went on our own path which was not that easy as we went to the high levels in the beginning but we gained an extra 30 minutes and the route was a little bit shorter. When we were back to the trail and went properly, it was a little bit hard as sometimes there were no visible roads back on the mountains but that's not a problem at all when you see such a beauty. We went to the village from Yerevan by bus, and caught a taxi from the nearest village to the starting point. When coming back late in the evening, the worker of the Arthurs Aghveran Resort helped us to catch a taxi back to Yerevan. Thank you for sharing the trail.

Asmik Mezhlumian

Очень красивый маршрут, живописный даже зимой. Есть указатели, что очень хорошо, но хотелось бы и побольше особенно в местах с развилками, хотя при помощи приложения проблем с ориентированием не возникло. В целом, очень рекомендую особенно летом

hiker hiker

This is favorite trail so far. Once you climb to about 2,400m, some gorgeous views open. I also suggest going a bit off the trail to approximately these coordinates 40.550671, 44.551864, since if you just go straight to the lake, you're gonna miss some breathtaking vistas. But don't bother climbing up the Arqayits peak - there's nothing special, nothing you would see anyways. As for the Lake, once I hear dogs barking, I just turned around and left. I still could see it from the distance, but more exciting turned out to be the way back along some nice ridges on the eastern part of the trail, with again great views. Closer to the end I encountered some thick and high foliage along the road, so I wish I had some light tracking pants or some shorts transforming into pants, to protect the legs. Anyways, the nature is really beautiful here, well just like anywhere else :) Happy hiking!

Daria Kupaeva

Beautiful places, clear route, steep climb. But I strongly advise you not to take a dog on this route - there is a shepherd's station near the lake, there are many free-grazing shepherd dogs. We had to carry the dog in our arms for about a kilometer.