Up The Rocks

It is located north-east to Yerevan at approximately 140km, 20 km long, highest point is Mt. Ijevan 2500m, with 70-300m high limestone crags, which stretch more than 10km.

Village Garni is 29km away from Yerevan to the south-east, at the dale of Azat river, opposite of which is Khosrov Reservoir. Mihr heathen temple (1st century) is also there. In the gorge below village there stand amazing natural monuments: 20-100m high rocks with basalt columns, similar ones are in Jermuk gorge.

Noravank (meaning new monastery) is a 13th century monastery, located 112 km south-east from Yerevan in a canyon with Darichay river, nearby the vilage Areni, Armenia.

Bjni is a town 32kms north from Yerevan located in Kotayk Province, Armenia. It is the site of the 9th century Bjni Fortress of the Pahlavuni family. It is the home of many churches as well, including the Bjni Church. The village was the family land of Pahlavunis and had played a significant role in medieval Armenian life. Bjni crag is 40 to 50 meters high basalt, stretched more than 200meters. At the Soviet Union times there were organized competitions by the Soviet Union Alpinism Federation. It is possible to make camp in the pretty garden of Bjnis St. Astvatsatsin 10nt century church 10 minutes to walk from the crags.

Jermuk is a city in the southern Armenian province of Vayots Dzor. Jermuk gorge is about 150 kms far from Yerevan. Then you need to drive by the old route up in the gorge to get below the basalt columns from 25 to more that 40 meters high.
Up to now(May 2009) we have not any certain info about climbing these rocks.