page_title: Tochal
section_title: Gondola lift
hierarchical_section_title: Tochal / Gondola lift
caption_attribution_description: English: tochal peak
context_page_description: Tochal, is a mountain and ski resort located on the Alborz mountain range, adjacent to the metropolitan area of Tehran in northern Iran. It includes a 12-kilometre-long ridge. Its highest peak, also called Tochal, is at an elevation of 3,964 metres.
  A gondola lift runs from Tehran to the Tochal ski resort and hotel, all as a part of Tochal Complex.
context_section_description: Tochal has a long gondola lift which begins from Velenjak valley at 1,900 m (6,200 ft) and ends in the last station at 3740m near the main ridge of Tochal. This gondola lift is used for accessing ski resorts and other recreational centers on the mountain. The gondola lift has four stations:
  Station 1 is at an elevation of 1,900 m (6,200 ft) and located at the beginning of Velenjak valley (end of Velenjak Street). Parking, inns and some other facilities are available.
  Station 2 is at 2,400 m (7,900 ft) and has very limited facilities.
  Station 5 is at 2,935 m (9,629 ft). There is a restaurant and a rescue center. This station is in the middle of one of the ski slopes which is open only in mid winter. This station is also accessible through several climbing paths like Shirpala shelter, Osoon valley and Palang-chal shelter.
  Station 7 is at 3,740 m (12,270 ft) and very close to the Tochal main ridge. It is the last station of the gondola lift. This station is in the middle of the Tochal ski slope. The Tochal main peak is 30 minutes walk from this point. This station is also reachable from Hezar-cham climbing path from Station 5.
caption: Tochal Peak's Shelter November 2012
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