Chortiatis-Kolosourtes-Kissos-Chortiatis
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.52 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,103 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,103 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,579 ft
- TrailRank
- 59
- Min elevation
- 1,956 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 7561
- Uploaded
- February 27, 2024
- Recorded
- February 2024
near Chortiátis, Central Macedonia (Greece)
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Itinerary description
v. Chortiatis - 640 m
Kolosourtes (summit) - 1.089 m
Kissos (summit) - 941 m
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Mount Chortiatis or Hortiatis, known in Antiquity as Cissus or Kissos, is a mountain in, Greece. It rises southeast of Thessaloniki, peaking at 1,201 metres. Besides the city of Thessaloniki, there are several suburbs and villages located on the foothills of Chortiatis, most notably Chortiatis and the affluent suburb of Panorama, both of them belonging in the Pylaia-Chortiatis municipality. The mountain's landscape is wooded, with part of these woods making up Thessaloniki's Seich Sou Forest National Park. A fall wind that occurs on the Thermaic Gulf was named after the mountain as well.
Mount Chortiatis played a crucial role for the water supply of Thessaloniki from ancient up until modern times. In the late Byzantine period (ca. 1300), the Chortaïtes monastery on the northern slopes of the mountain provided the city and the region east of it with fresh water by an aqueduct whose remains have been partly preserved.
Kolosourtes (summit) - 1.089 m
Kissos (summit) - 941 m
Path MARKED
Mount Chortiatis or Hortiatis, known in Antiquity as Cissus or Kissos, is a mountain in, Greece. It rises southeast of Thessaloniki, peaking at 1,201 metres. Besides the city of Thessaloniki, there are several suburbs and villages located on the foothills of Chortiatis, most notably Chortiatis and the affluent suburb of Panorama, both of them belonging in the Pylaia-Chortiatis municipality. The mountain's landscape is wooded, with part of these woods making up Thessaloniki's Seich Sou Forest National Park. A fall wind that occurs on the Thermaic Gulf was named after the mountain as well.
Mount Chortiatis played a crucial role for the water supply of Thessaloniki from ancient up until modern times. In the late Byzantine period (ca. 1300), the Chortaïtes monastery on the northern slopes of the mountain provided the city and the region east of it with fresh water by an aqueduct whose remains have been partly preserved.
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Summit
3,940 ft
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Mountain pass
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Fountain
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