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Adrianos Gorge

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Distance
5.33 mi
Elevation gain
1,709 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
1,709 ft
Max elevation
1,868 ft
TrailRank 
76 4.7
Min elevation
789 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
3 hours 16 minutes
Time
5 hours 18 minutes
Coordinates
1480
Uploaded
June 5, 2020
Recorded
June 2020
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near Ágios Konstantínos, Crete (Greece)

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Itinerary description

Listed this as as a difficult walk as although not particularly long, it does involve stamina and technical difficulties along with virtually no shade to escape the heat from the sun.
The walk starts with a long uphill ascent moving onto a rough way trail. You need to keep an eye out for the yellow and blue markers and note if they have an arrow showing direction to take.
The way path will eventually take you above the small village of Adrianos where you will have to negotiate yourself down a steep descent.
When you hit the village head left and follow the signs to the Gorge.
Again keep vigilant for the trail markers as they show you the way to go so that you don't end up having to drop down high heights to continue the trail.
There is little shade and the pebbles are loose and hard going to walk on.
There are two sections where you need to descent using a rope, one being over 5 meters high.
A couple of gates to pass through, as I mentioned before there is little relief from the heat of the sun and a few of the pathways are very narrow requiring a couple of detours to the sides of the gorge as opposed to carrying straight down the middle.
The signage is there to help but remain vigilant.
It is a physical demanding walk and not for the unfit. Bring plenty of water as there is nowhere to top up.

Waypoints

PictographCar park Altitude 1,080 ft
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Start

Not much space to park vehicles down this lane, so left them under the trees. Walk is nicely signposted on a Yellow and Blue sign The same colours that are used to mark the route

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,080 ft
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Photo of pathway

Follow the concrete pathway and keep left on the first branch off pathway

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,008 ft
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Take the right pathway

Keep to the right shingle pathway and keep going up The path is a long uphill meandering route rising 139 meters before intercepting the off trail pathway

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,210 ft
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Photo of pathway

Clear pathway to follow

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,464 ft
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Typical signage to guide you

Typical blue and yellow marker to follow, some will have arrows to show which direction to follow, others just a signage to state you are on the right path. These will be on trees, rocks and boulders throughout the walk Keep to this pathway to the left of the tree From here the track takes you up 124 meters of wild path to the top of the hill

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,470 ft
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Photo of pathway

Off terrain from here The pathway is fairly well trodden but keep a lookout for the signage to stay on track

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,495 ft
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Markers

Markers

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,547 ft
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Photo of pathway

Keep going up passing the markers on the earth pathway

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,703 ft
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Photo of pathway

a few areas of small trees and foliage to pass through

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,828 ft
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Photo of surrounding area

Panoramic shot

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,867 ft
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Photo of the trail you are following

There is no shade and the markers can be a little hard to spot, but generally head up

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,858 ft
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View from top of hill

Looking down from the top above the village of Adrianos A fairly steep track to follow down to the village

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,852 ft
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View towards the gorge from the hill top

Panoramic view

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,790 ft
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getting closer to village

Following pathway down, view of the village

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,667 ft
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Village, nearly there

When you get to the bottom, keep right and pass between the white house into the main village road, turn left

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,596 ft
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Signage to gorge

Large sign on tree to point your way Follow the pathway out of the village

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,574 ft
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Keep to the left

A rock with the blue and yellow sign is easy to miss, but it is on the left pathway and the correct path to take

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,536 ft
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Fence, negotiate around it to the right

When you get to the fence you bypass it to the right, the signage is there. follow it for a short distance and it will drop you down to the pebbled floor of the gorge

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,541 ft
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Photo of pathway

From here you are in the gorge The pebble underfoot is not a comfortable walk many being loose and unstable The heat that is reflected from the pebbles and rocks is also uncomfortable with virtually no shade. Keep vigilant for the markers as it shows the easiest route to take, bypassing many high ledge drops

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,663 ft
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Stunning views in the gorge

Photo of gorge

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,623 ft
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Photo of pathway

Trail takes you through many rock that you have to jump across, slide down and pass through

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,612 ft
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Photo of opening you have to negotiate

opening you have to negotiate, best doing it backwards and dropping down

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,470 ft
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First of two rope drops

Just a small drop here with a rope to help you get down Keep to the right when you come down as there is a large opening to the left at the bottom and you could easily miss your footing and bang your legs

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,471 ft
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Pathway goes left there through boulders

We stopped for lunch here. One of the few places that had shade in the whole gorge. The walk continues through the boulders. Keep a vigilant lookout for the signs and follow them otherwise you may find that if you miss them you may come to a difficult high drop or it become inaccessible If you do, just double back until you see the sign you missed. They can be difficult to spot

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,615 ft
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Second rope descent

This drop is roughly 5 meters, just abseil with your legs pushing against the rocks.

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,621 ft
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Photo of pathway

A few areas where you have to go up and around to continue the route

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,305 ft
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Photo of pathway

View

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,272 ft
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Looking back on pathway

Looking back on a bit of the pathway where we had to keep to the left of the gorge and follow a narrow path before dropping back down again on to the gorge floor

PictographDoor Altitude 1,183 ft
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Gate to pass through

gate to pass through, close after use

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,145 ft
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view

Getting near the end, the sides of the gorge not so high now

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,068 ft
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Photo of pathway

Typical rocks to pass through

PictographPhoto Altitude 942 ft
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Continue up on the rockface to the left

The path Continues up on the rock face to the left of the gorge

PictographPhoto Altitude 838 ft
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End of gorge

Follow path through trees and out of the gorge

PictographDoor Altitude 789 ft
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Gate to pass through

Gate opens to the right of the pebble road coming through

PictographPhoto Altitude 823 ft
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Turn left

Through the gate and go left up the uphill concrete pathway. At this point a hard grind when your tired Continue until you intersect the main road

PictographIntersection Altitude 983 ft
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Main Road

Go left back to the parked cars approx 800 meters Finished

Comments  (3)

  • Photo of Achilles2
    Achilles2 Jun 9, 2020

    Hiya, Amazingly Teresa & I attempted Adrianos Gorge last week, but lost our way and had to turn back 😣 😊.

  • Photo of simon.jean.pol
    simon.jean.pol Oct 9, 2020

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    Magnifique randonnée, peut être la plus belle de Crete, mais aussi une des plus difficile. Fléchage de grande qualité. A faire absolument. Randonnée difficile, passage avec corde et avec les mains.

  • toufalex Jan 1, 2022

    I have followed this trail  View more

    Très chouette randonnée, attention nous l'avons faites au lendemain d'une nuit pluvieuse, les rochers étaient donc particulièrement glissants (le 2e passage en corde peut dans ce cas être dangereux si on a pas les bonnes chaussures).

    Super bien balisé, je recommande !

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