Armenia Areguni Mountains Marmarik Lake Mossy Oak Forest Traileasytravelpost #MarmarikLake #Areguni

#easytravelpost Marmarik (Marmarik Reservoir, ~1,900 m) sits in the Areguni range north of Sevan; the mossy oak forest climbs the west shore — Thuidium on the Quercus macranthera 1 cm, Sphagnum in the Marmarik river seep 2 cm, Metzgeria on the hazel 1 cm, 4°C in May, the Armenian gull on the reservoir, the Sevan basin haze south. No gate fee, Yerevan→Sevan bus 1 hr (1,000 AMD) then taxi to Marmarik (3,000 AMD). I bus'd Yerevan→Sevan 07:00, taxi to Marmarik 08:00, walked the west-shore oak lane. The moss on the Soviet pump-house was black-green with snowmelt, ate a 1,200 AMD Sevan ishkhan+lavash, watched a mountain chiffchaff in the oak crown at 09:00. Mistake: I went in Apr — oak-lane snow patches to knee, post-holed; Jun–Sep, or snowshoe Apr–May. Another: AMD cash, Marmarik no ATM — draw in Yerevan. Would you bus 1,000 AMD + taxi 3,000 AMD for the Sevan→Marmarik mossy oak-forest lakeshore walk, or skip Marmarik and do the Dilijan Parsadan Gorge + Lake Sevan peninsula instead?