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Clouds clear from a storm that dusted the busy mountain pass from Tehran to Dizin, one of the most popular ski resorts in Iran.
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Ayatollah Khomeini, along with five martyrs, welcomed us to the famous (within Iran, anyway) ski resort of Dizin in the Alborz mountain range.
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A snowy valley on the Chalus Road from Tehran to Dizin.
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The altitude, and snowline, dropped as we descended out of the mountains toward the Caspian Sea.
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Another image of the dramatic mountain-scape on the road to Dizin.
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A psychadelic rental shop in the town of Shemshak.
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We clicked out of our skis and did some climbing at Shemshak. Slightly sketchy avalanche country, but a hell of a lot of fun. This shot is of our mountain guide, Farshad, and Josh.
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Yeah, I got a little tired, they passed me up, no big deal.
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Josh Dean lost some steam too—only mountain man Farshad was inexhaustible. He thought we were a little soft for only skiing in the vicinity of actual resorts.
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A clearing in the Alborz range after a storm passed. Each day we got new snow, and each day we ended up with blue skies— dream conditions.
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A cool Farsi sign at Shemshak points you toward the mountain.
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Jahandr Kalhor (left), and Mosayeb Poor, a couple of the serious Dizin skiers. Mosayeb competed in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
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Josh about to lay down some fresh tracks at Dizin.
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A bunch of rowdy snowboarders at the fourth resort we sampled, Darbansar, just adjacent to Shemshak. These could have been squaw valley kids for all anyone knew.
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Another shot of the mountain road from Dizin to Chalus.
