Mitzpe Shelegim, Mountain summit in Mount Hermon, Israel.
Mitzpe Shelegim is a 2,224-metre summit on Mount Dovdevon in the Hermon range, within Israel and inside the Hermon Nature Reserve, east of the cable-car junction. The summit holds a fortified IDF outpost, built from 1980 onward, whose observation decks face the Damascus basin, the Hauran plains, the Lebanon and Gilead mountains, and the Golan Heights down to the Sea of Galilee.
Construction of the Israeli army outpost on the summit began in 1980, led by Deputy Chief of Staff Yekutiel Adam and Hermon project head Yigal Milu. The position was connected to the national communications, electricity and water networks. Until December 2024 the summit was the second-highest point in Israel, after the nearby Mount Dovdev summit at 2,236 metres.
The Hebrew name Mitzpe Shelegim means "snow lookout", matching the snowbound summit of Mount Dovdevon in the Hermon range. The site lies inside the Hermon Nature Reserve, east of the cable car junction, and the army post on the peak is named for its view over the Damascus basin, the Hauran plain, the Lebanon and Gilead mountains, the Golan and the Sea of Galilee.
The summit lies inside the Hermon Nature Reserve, east of the cable car junction, and a military post occupies the top, so access is not open to the public. The site is reached from the Mount Hermon ski area; check with Israeli military or nature reserve authorities before any approach.
The summit is not a ski viewpoint: an IDF outpost stands on it, built from 1980 under Major General Yekutiel Adam and project head Colonel Yigal Milu, and connected to national communications, electricity and water networks. The post overlooks the Damascus basin, the Hauran, the Lebanon and Gilead mountains, the Golan, the Sea of Galilee and the Galilee.
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