A one-day journey from Baku to the Shahdag Mountain Resort and the Candy Cane Mountains reveals the most striking landscapes of northern Azerbaijan. The Greater Caucasus reaches elevations exceeding 2,500 meters, creating subalpine and alpine climatic zones with crisp, low-humidity air and clear visibility. Shahdag offers expansive ski terrain alongside a range of high-altitude activities, including cable car rides, zip-lining, paragliding and ice skating, all set within a dramatic mountainous environment.
The route continues toward the Candy Cane Mountains, a unique geological formation recognized for its vividly striped sedimentary layers. These multicolored strata, primarily composed of iron oxide-rich claystones and siltstones, reflect mineral oxidation processes that occurred over millions of years.
The journey concludes with a return to Baku, following an extensive observation of Azerbaijan’s most extraordinary highland and geomorphological features.