Erymanthos
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 20.21 mi
- Elevation gain
- 7,539 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 7,539 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,257 ft
- TrailRank
- 67
- Min elevation
- 3,017 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 14 hours 53 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3073
- Uploaded
- July 21, 2017
- Recorded
- July 2016
near Míchas, West Greece (Greece)
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Itinerary description
A loop inside the Erymanthos, fourth-highest massif of Peloponnese, after Taygetos, Cyllenes and Helmos. But perhaps Erymanthos is the most scenic one, also because of the beauty of its forests on its northern side.
The track starts at Michas, 920 m, from where with the aid of a bicycle one can reach an altitude of 1350 m, also saving several kms. From the end of the road, at a saddle with bee-hives, one takes the path, with a first non-intuitive traverse on steep terrain, soon followed by a comfortable trail. After a mitato, the path reached the saddle east of Olenos.
From here, the climb to the summit is straightforward, although there is no clearly established path.
This would be enough for a beautiful day on the Erymanthos, but who wants can go on for the long ridge of Profitis Ilias. To this aim, one has to descend in direction Alepochori pointing towards two mitatos at nearly 1600 m, and from here to climb to the ridge.
The track starts at Michas, 920 m, from where with the aid of a bicycle one can reach an altitude of 1350 m, also saving several kms. From the end of the road, at a saddle with bee-hives, one takes the path, with a first non-intuitive traverse on steep terrain, soon followed by a comfortable trail. After a mitato, the path reached the saddle east of Olenos.
From here, the climb to the summit is straightforward, although there is no clearly established path.
This would be enough for a beautiful day on the Erymanthos, but who wants can go on for the long ridge of Profitis Ilias. To this aim, one has to descend in direction Alepochori pointing towards two mitatos at nearly 1600 m, and from here to climb to the ridge.
Waypoints
Waypoint
Fountain
Mountain pass
4,431 ft
End fo road
At a saddle leave the road (which presumably ends after a little while) and follow the path.
Wilderness hut
5,293 ft
First mitato
Beware: the mitatos on this track are marked as "shelters", but actually they do not offer tourist accommodation.
Summit
7,257 ft
Panorama
6,613 ft
Join ridge
From this point the ridge to Profitis Ilias is nearly flat, although quite long.
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