Hi,
I decided to run from Neve Ativ (where we were sleeping) to Sion springs down on the valley below mount Hermon.
The springs feed Sion stream that run between mount Hermon and Mount Dov. The stream does not flow all the year , in Hebrew it called Aczav, which comes from the word disappointing. You may not understand it, but in this half-desert country it is very disappointing to find out there are no water in a stream 
It ended with running from Neve Ativ to Man pool and back. I had doubt about the length of the route (14 km) and with the stiff slopes and the fact the trail down to the springs is a hard one, I decided to cut, finish at trail at Man pool and return on The Golan trail.
It ended with 10km, 500m up and 500m down. The day after, when we climbed the mountain top we watched the runners of the Hermon Marathon: 10km, 1000m up and 600m down 🙂
Take care
Gad
About a km in the trail you crossed the gate with the Neve Ativ to Man Pool trail sign
From Neve Ativ to Man Pool – Welcome to the trail, for approval call 04-6966207. The trail is 8km, for moderate to practiced hikers.
You can enjoy mount Kachal (which got its name from the blue mineral), Hafur pool, Mount Snai’m (squirrel) with a temple on top of it.
On the trail you can find many kind of Oak trees, boars, foxes, mongoose and martens.
Another trail (black) starts here and ends at the Banias (5km, 6 hours long in high)
Hula valley covered with Inversion clouds
Hula valley, the peak is Nimrod Fortress (also here).
Mount Kachal (called over the Hebrew name of the Galena Mineral)
Hafur pool
Hafur pool sign
Hafur pool – artificial pool from the Iturea time, covered with clay at the bottom. The pool gathers the water during the winter and usually dried out during the Summer (as today)
Memorial for Eitan Lahav, a pilot of IAF SkyHawk that was hit by a Syrian missile and crushed on the 21.10.73 (second day of Yum Kippur war) during the first attempt to recapture the Hermon post.
That bloody cow made my heart jump. You don’t see any cow? me neither until I almost hit it.
The Sion valley, which I decided not to go down to.
The trail down, if you decide to go down to
Taking the right the Hermon ski site cashiers, left the roads leads to Dov mountain
Going down from the road to Golan trail
Down below is Neve Ativ
Getting in the real gate in the Neve Ativ fence. The red sign on the left says: Closed military zone!