The Raid des Cèdres is the highest ski-mountaineering competition in the Near-East. It is organized by the Lebanese Army in the Lebanese mountains and is inspired from the Swiss Patrouille des Glaciers.
Each year women and men from all around the world participate in civilian and military categories.

A special “3 SUMMITS” program is proposed by the Lebanese Army to foreign teams during which they will discover the three highest summits of Lebanon (Qornet Es-Sawda, 3083m.; Sannine, 2600m.; Mont Hermon, 2840m.).

Transportation, accommodation and assistance are free of charge and ensured by the Lebanese Army and the PolyLiban Association.

Preregistration to the Raid des Cèdres 2012 is open only for foreigners that do not live in Lebanon:

Organizers
The Regiment of Rangers of the Lebanese Army is the organizer of the Raid des Cèdres. The Association du Polyliban is only supporting and helping in the registration of foreign teams.

Rules and regulation
This is a preliminary version of the rules and regulations of the Raid des Cèdres 2012. More details will be published at the end of January.

Download rules and regulations here

Application form:
Please fill the application form and send all the additional documents (copy of passport, insurance copy, photo passport) to registration@polyliban.org with “RAID DES CEDRES” as a title to the email.

Download application form here

Deadline for preregistration: 3rd of February 2012.

Contact person:
For any additional information you can either send a mail to info@polyliban.org or call any of the below contact persons which will be pleased to answer to your questions.

Switzerland : Stephanie Audi  0041 78 841 07 66
France : Yvan Pigeonnat  0033 06 07 78 22 46
Lebanon : Tina Comaty 00961 3 58 20 31

Special Program for foreigner teams
- Thursday 23 of February: Arrival to Beirut
- Friday 24 of February:     Summiting Mount Sannine
- Saturday 25 of February: Preparation for the Raid des Cèdres
- Sunday 26 of February:   The Raid des Cèdres
- Monday 27 of February:   Summiting Mount Hermon
- Tuesday 28 of February:  Departure from Lebanon

Airplane Tickets
Each team is responsible of booking and buying its airplane tickets to Beirut. To facilitate the logistics it would be best to arrive on Thursday afternoon.  

Once you have booked the tickets, please specify in your email to registration@polyliban.org the flight/date/time of arrival and departure.