Yam (Payam) Ski Resort

The Yam Ski Resort is located in the north of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan province. This ski resort is also known as Payam Ski Resort.

The Yam Ski Resort is based on the foothill of the Mishodaghi Mount where lies between Tabriz and Marand in the East Azerbaijan province. This Ski Resort is one of the oldest and largest ski resorts in the country, which was operated by East Azerbaijan Province Federation in 1967 on a land with an area of 30 hectares and base altitude of 1800m from the sea level. This family-friendly resort is one of the main tourist hubs in the north west of the country and offers 3 ski lifts and 1 ski school and it’s suitable for snow skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing. Mountaineering in the virgin nature of the Mishodaghi and going on a camping holiday in this spectacular landscape and paragliding, make this area a tourist spot in the off-season.

•   The resort facilities:

The Yam Ski Resort offers a range of facilities as follows:

• 1 ski school
• 1 on-site restaurant
• 1 rental shop
• also the ski slope have been equipped with 3 ski lifts with the lengths of 700m, 400m and 300m in order to transfer skiers.

•  Entrance Fee:

Unfortunately, we don’t have any detailed information about the entrance fee of the Yam Ski Resort. If you have information about the ski pass, we would be pleased if you could send us an email.

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

The ski gear rental shop is available at the ski school. So all the ski equipment can be hired in the resort. The ski gear rental is variable, but the average amount is around 550,000 IRR.

•  Ski instructor:

The ski instructors are available at the ski school to teach you how to ski. The rate of the ski instructor is variable and it costs you about 350,000 IRR or 400,000 IRR per hour depends on instructor degree.

•  Accommodations:

There is no accommodation to stay at Yam Ski Resort, unless you get one of the hotels or dormitories of the Marand, where it is located about 15 kilometers in the north of the resort.

•  What is the best time to go?

The ski season at the Yam Ski Resort, runs from December until mid-March.

•  Getting there?

The Yam Ski Resort is situated about 15 kilometers in the south of Marand and 55 kilometers in the north of Tabriz. The main access road to the ski resort is Marand-Tabriz road that passes through the Soufian into the resort.