Kroustas walk passing the WW11 Resistance cave
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.09 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,631 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,631 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,007 ft
- TrailRank
-
71
5
- Min elevation
- 1,584 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 21 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2587
- Uploaded
- February 13, 2020
- Recorded
- February 2020
near Kroústas, Crete (Greece)
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Itinerary description
The track apart from a short climb up a narrow rocky path is all on well maintained albeit rough roadway.
A walk that just ascends continually until you reach the highest point and then descends almost identically all the way to the start.
Waypoints
Car park
Waypoint
1,587 ft
Turn
After bend in road and over small bridge with railings turn right and follow rough trail running alongside a black pipe up the hill
Intersection
1,724 ft
Continue East following car track
After grass car tracks the trail intersects a more robust car track, take the right track and follow
Intersection
1,838 ft
Keep right
When you intersect the better roadway keep right and stay on this road
Photo
2,051 ft
Pass one of many tied up dogs
Many of these tied up dogs although they may bark their heads off need their bowls of water filling as they are often empty. From here on and off you will pass through woodland area, mostly ever green trees. A welcome shade if the weather is hot.
Photo
2,111 ft
Track
Continue on this track for the whole duration of the walk. It's a long slow walk that just keeps rising up through the woodland area
Waypoint
2,334 ft
Keep right
Although the trail looks to keep going straight, you actually need to keep to the right hand trail
Panorama
2,662 ft
view to your right of the area of Agios Nikolaos to Istron
View of the surrounding area below
Waypoint
2,973 ft
Keep right
Keep right into the woods This is the highest point of the walk, before descending back down to the start
Intersection
2,985 ft
Onto concrete roadway
Trail now connects up to solid concrete roadway, go right and stay on this roadway
Photo
2,739 ft
Pass through parking area and building for visiting these woodlands
The car park for people just visiting these woods. There are several marked woodland walks that start from here should you wish to visit at a later time A board describes the different walks
Cave
2,572 ft
Cave
Site of one of the many caves that where used by the Resistance during WW11. this site was used for radio communication between Cretan fighters and British SOE based in Cairo North Africa
Photo
2,156 ft
Last section of trail before entering back into the village
Last section of trail before entering back into the village
Photo
1,745 ft
Pass the school
Pass the school to your right and you are back to the main road that passes through the village
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Great route. Never did find the cave though!