Madaró-Volikas refuge

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Lena Gustafsson

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Distance: 5.15 mi
Elevation gain: 2,549 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 52 ft
Max elevation: 4,375 ft
TrailRank: 38
Min elevation: 1,816 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Time: 2 hours 59 minutes
Coordinates: 1445
Uploaded: December 3, 2019
Recorded: December 2019

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near Madaró, Crete (Greece)

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Itinerary description

A walk to the mountain station of Volikas, starting in the small village Madaro which can be reached on a paved road from Kambi. Easy to park the car at the start. A nice walk on a gravel road in a beautiful landscape. The road winds it’s way slowly 800 m upwards (Madaro is at 550 m, and the station at 1330 m). No problem to walk up and down the same day. We walked in December (short daylength) and did not start until 11 but had no problem to get back to the car and reach Chania well before dusk. I rank it Moderate, it is very easy to walk in 95% of its stretch but the strong ascent makes it a bit strenuous. The last 10 min or so (the road does not go all the way up) is a slope full of stones with no marked path.