So let's start from the end
I am now on my way back from the Solomon's Mt hike
This was one of the best treks I have taken If not the best
The length of the tail is 16Km
Don't take this hike on the Summer
Take at-least 4 litters of Water and obviosly food
It has taken us 8 hours
It's recommended to start early in the morning
This trail is really not for those who are afraid of heights
Yalla, Let's start
Solomon's Mt is located near Eilat, it takes about 4.5 hours drive from TLV
If you stop-by in Eilat, try the Mivshala Resturrant, Not cheap but good food
To be able to start hiking early in the morning
We camp at the Yeahoram Mt camp-site located on rd 12, 15 min north west to Eilat
it's 05:30 in the morning
We need to get ready
As in the evening
There should be a harsh weather
Yalla, we're minutes before sun rise
The trail starts at point #1 where we have set camp
We'll start walking on the black trail which will take us on a moderate climb
to Yehoram Mt Summit at point #2
we'll start decenting eastto the direction of Mt Solomon
It's very easy to notice the color difference between the bright
limb stone of Mt Yehoram to the dark Granit stone of Mt Solomon
We'll keep going until we get to point #3 where the limb stone meet with the
granit stone of Mt Solomon
seperated by two different geological eras 500 million years apart
We'll now start climbing to Mt Solomon Summit
A great trail but not for those who are afraid of heights
We'll keep on with some free climbing until which at times is challening
until we'll get to Mt Solomons Summit at point #4
The summit height is abit more than 700 meters
and is higher then most of the peaks in the area
From the Summit we'll keep on heading on the blue trail
and start decending on the Bat-Sheva wadi
The bat-Sheva wadi is full with waterfalls
and also known as the waterfalls wadi
decending those waterfalls is somewhat challenging
and is done using iron pegs stuck into the rock
and is somethimes, dangerous
Take extra care while climbing down
We'll keep on heading down the wadi on the blue trail
The wadi will get widen until it'll meed with a dirt-road for 4x4 vehicles
That is the crossing point of the Bat-Sheva & Netafim Wadis
and point number 5 on the map
We'll trun left on the green trail
and keep on going on the Netafim wadi dirt road
after a while the dirt road turns into a narrow gorge
with several waterfalls we'll climb through
we'll keep on going until point 6
where thegreen trail meets the black trail
We'll turnleft and head on the green tail
the Israel trail is also passing through this wadi, in addition to the green trail
at a certain stage we'll meet again, a crossing with a black trail
that goes into a narrow gorge in the Netafim wadi
we were short in time and took the green trail
that climbs on the north ridge of the wadi and goes around the gorge
we'll of going on the green trail until we'll get to point #7
where the Netafim spring is found
we'll continue on the green take that will lead us to a narrow crack
through which we'll climb to the top of the ridge
there, the green trail truns into a black trail
through which we'll keep on going, with a mild acent on a vehicles dirt-road
until we'll get to road 12
the same road we drove through from Eilat
we'll turn left and keep on walking for about a kilometer on the side of the road
until we'll get to the camp-site where we have started the trail and left the car
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