Monastiraki to Thripti to Karvousi
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.13 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,795 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,956 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,887 ft
- TrailRank
- 65
- Min elevation
- 408 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 11 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 14 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2597
- Uploaded
- March 12, 2020
- Recorded
- March 2020
near Monastiráki, Crete (Greece)
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Itinerary description
A long climb of 10 Kms before reaching the highest point before a steep descent of 5Kms down to Karvousi.
A Return car parked at Karvousi near the Church of Ag Georgios is required to bring walkers back to their cars parked at the start.
The walk is hard underfoot going through all types of terrain, Tarmac roads, concrete pathways, unstable shale, pathways through woods and old rock pathways.
Certainly not for the unfit.
Although the walk intercepts the E4 it does also go off that route and the pathways are not always marked, especially going up.
The walk takes you through the village of Thripti following the E4 almost all the way from there to Karvousi.
Waypoints
Car park
602 ft
Car Park outside Monastiraki
From car park head towards the village and turn left up some stairs towards the Tavernas
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597 ft
From car park head towards the village
From car park head towards the village on the nice paved pathway. Turn left and go up stairs where the Taverna's are
Intersection
599 ft
Pass by Taverna and keep left going up
Pass by Taverna and keep left going up. (Neat sign outside Taverna doorway). When you get to the large unmade road turn right and follow for approx 2Kms
Intersection
1,113 ft
At E4 sign, turn left head off trail
E4 sign takes you off the road and onto the narrow bush trail
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1,106 ft
View over to Ag Nik
View. Trail leads onto rougher patch with slippery shale underfoot
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1,679 ft
Entering softer underfoot trail as heading into wooded area
Entering softer underfoot trail as heading into wooded area
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1,768 ft
E4 sign
Sign to mark trail View to your left from time to time you can see the Ha gorge
Religious site
1,878 ft
Church of St Anna
Stopped here for a water break after continuous climb up the winding roadway
Photo
1,887 ft
Continue path to the left of the church
Continue on up the wide road track Keep to the left when you hit the next junction
Intersection
2,706 ft
Rough roadway intersects tarmac road. Turn left
Back onto E4 signage road. Continue left up to Village
Photo
2,798 ft
Entering village of Thripti
Head into village to the small triangular opening and keep left then right by the wall onto path through village and past the Taverna
Intersection
2,806 ft
Follow pathway to the right by Taverna sign
Follow pathway through the village buildings
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2,525 ft
Pass Taverna and stay on pathway
Pass taverna and stay on pathway passing passing many buildings keep to the right at junction 300 metres further on
Intersection
2,773 ft
Take right turn down staircase
Turn right and go down staircase onto rough track that leads onto dirt track that goes up and follows E4 trail again
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2,747 ft
View of terrain
pathway continues going up zigzagging up to the highest point of the walk.
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2,881 ft
Keep to the left by the fence
Keep to the left by the fence and keep left at the next turn off, we are back on the E4 trail and there is signage along the path
Panorama
2,730 ft
Looking down on Karvousi
View before the descend finally starts. Karvousi can be seen at the base of the valley view, along with the pathway that you will be following
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2,713 ft
Sign marks the pathway to take
Trail now descends from here on wards. The path is mostly rocky single lane winding it's way down fairly steeply all the way to Karvousi
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2,691 ft
View of the pathway
Mud / dirt trail to follow down before continuing onto a rocky underfoot pathway
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2,670 ft
View of Kauvousi
Where you are heading. Pathway is visible to the left that you will be taking to get down.
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2,573 ft
View of the pathway
View of pathway that you are following Steep and long 4Km walk down to finish Pretty tough on your legs by now. Soon to enter the stony / rocky bit that will be the main pathway to the end.
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2,411 ft
Rocky narrow trail
Very easy to follow trail, this part has a low rock wall to your right
Intersection
1,573 ft
Path leads onto wide flat area. Turn right by the sign
Enter a roadway and almost within a few meters turn right by the sign and follow the dirt track down, staying on this track as it crosses over several concrete roads
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1,608 ft
Easier underfoot now but still single file track
Follow well trodden track straight across the concrete road a little further on
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1,186 ft
Enter a concrete roadway approx 25 meters turn right again on E4 trail
Intersect a concrete roadway and continue on until you see sign to your right taking you off the back onto the E4 with signage and red dots on stones. Easy track to follow.
Photo
1,060 ft
Past small concrete aquaducts and acrooss the concrete road again
An Aquaduct system runs along the pathway which you pass over. You will see more of it as you continue down along with the usual black pipes. Go straight across the road keeping to the trail
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929 ft
Pathway broken away here, so small step down required
Last photo here. Turn left at end of path here then right again, signage is here and follow pathway again. Turn off right again across the concrete road again pass a large water reservoir concrete tank to your right The path widens out now as you enter Karvousi, continue going straight ahead through the village houses until you come to the large central church of Ag Georgios where hopefully you will have parked your commute car to transport the walkers back to their cars at Monastiraki
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Awesome walk Paul 🚶 👍😊
Just going to follow your trail from Agia Anna to Thrypti village, and back.