Dizin Ski Resort

Dizin Ski Resort is one of the best ski resorts in the Middle East, located in the north of Tehran, in Alborz province.

The Dizin Ski Resort is placed in the Alborz mountain range, 120 kilometers in the north of Tehran, 70 kilometers from Karaj, with significant sports facilities. The Dizin Ski Resort is the greatest in Iran, which has acknowledged by the International Ski Federation as a place for holding the official tournament because of its technical features such as the proper course slope, the length of the course, venue, and its specific recreational amenities. The lowest altitude of the resort is 2650m (8,694 ft.) while its highest elevation is 3600m (11,811 ft.); that’s why the ski resort has marvelous powdery snow on it. The length of the ski slope is 7.5 kilometers.

•   The resort facilities:

The resort amenities include:

• 2 hotels
• 19 cottages (chalet)
• 5 restaurants
• It also has many ski slopes that have been equipped with 4 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, and 9 Surface lifts in order to transport skiers and snowboarders. 

•  Entrance Fee:

The entrance fee of the Dizin Ski Resort is 1,090,000 IRR from Saturday to Tuesday (except official holidays) and 1,320,000 IRR from Wednesday to Friday. The duration of using the ski resort for one day is from morning to afternoon.

•  Is there any rental shop to rent the ski gear?

Do not concern if you don’t have any ski gear. There are some shops in the resort to rent the ski gear, including skis, ski boots, ski bindings, and ski poles. The ski gear rental is variable, but the average amount is around 1,000,000 IRR. Of course, the ski gear rental separate from the coach's payment; if you want to have a ski instructor, you should add 600,000 IRR per hour to this price. So, let’s put on the skis and hit the slope.

•  Accommodations

There are many alternatives to accommodate in the Dizin Ski Resort, including hotels, cottages (chalet), villas, and private apartments. Dizin Hotel is a well-known hotel for the majority of skiers at the resort. The Dizin Hotel has 80 accommodation units, the rooms overlooking the ski resort, with all innovative installations.

You can see the rooms and chalets price of the Dizin hotel in the table below:

•   What is the best time to go?

The Dizin Ski Resort is open the whole year and offers various activities during winters and summers. The weather is -20 centigrade in winter with a lot of sunny days, and the maximum temperature of the resort is 20 centigrade in summer. Pleasant weather, convenient access, and plenty of proper facilities made the Dizin Ski Resort the best winter-summer tourist destination in the Middle East. To hit the slopes, the Dizin Ski Resort runs from early December until late May. In summer, the ski enthusiast can get there and have a grass skiing on the grassy slope with a length of 650 meters. The other activities include Mountain biking, archery, and kite riding. 

•  Getting there?

There are two access routes to get to the resort. In the first route, you can easily access the down parking via Chalus Road from west of Tehran, which takes about two hours and 30 minutes. The route to the top parking is the second way, which takes about one hour and 30 minutes from the east of Tehran.