Taygetos
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 16.66 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,834 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,503 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,900 ft
- TrailRank
- 56
- Min elevation
- 7,900 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 489
- Uploaded
- February 10, 2022
- Recorded
- February 2022
near Kastánia, Peloponnese (Greece)
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Itinerary description
By bicycle from Kastania to Panagia Giatrissa and Agios Dimitrios. By foot
along the south ridge to Profitis Ilias, the highest summit of Taygetos.
Let me report a comment that I added to my 360° panorama:
My ascent was from the little village of Kastania, 750 m. Night in the sleeping bag outside Panagia Giatrissa, 1040 m, a monastery in wonderful position on the ridge. From there, 8 km of dirt road to a fork from where a road descends to Exochori. There is a gorgeous viewpoint not far from the fork, where the latter road crosses the S ridge of the Mavrovouna: I made a detour to it during the descent.
From there, further 5-6 km (I believe) to the little church Agios Dimitrios, 1495 m, where there were also some tents of local people. End of the track, and start of the path along the wonderful ridge. A combined tour of a quality comparable to the ascent of the Lefka Ori from Sfakia - Anopoli, in Crete, or to the track along the ridge of the Peloritani, in Sicily. Pure essence of that magical and unique place which is the Mediterranean.
Unfortunately, on the descent I had a flat tyre on the flat stretch before the Giatrissa, and during the repair I had the misfortune to... break the pump, which happened when the front wheel was at little more than one atmosphere. So, I had to push the bicycle all the way down to Kastania, an unlikely place to locate a pump with the right valve compatibility in a late summer evening.
But in July the place was crowded with former inhabitants coming back for summer holiday from New York, where many of them emigrated. So, with the help of these reasonably young and English-speaking people (two features which are by no means the rule in a mountain village of Peloponnese...) I was able to fix the problem. The news of the strange tourist with strange needs spread quickly across the village (indifference is still unknown in blessed places like this one) and a pump materialized from some house: an hour later I was quietly eating my dinner, sitting under the trees of the wonderful square of Kastania.
The next morning, of course, I headed straight to Gythio for a new pump, with which I was ready for Cape Maleas...
along the south ridge to Profitis Ilias, the highest summit of Taygetos.
Let me report a comment that I added to my 360° panorama:
My ascent was from the little village of Kastania, 750 m. Night in the sleeping bag outside Panagia Giatrissa, 1040 m, a monastery in wonderful position on the ridge. From there, 8 km of dirt road to a fork from where a road descends to Exochori. There is a gorgeous viewpoint not far from the fork, where the latter road crosses the S ridge of the Mavrovouna: I made a detour to it during the descent.
From there, further 5-6 km (I believe) to the little church Agios Dimitrios, 1495 m, where there were also some tents of local people. End of the track, and start of the path along the wonderful ridge. A combined tour of a quality comparable to the ascent of the Lefka Ori from Sfakia - Anopoli, in Crete, or to the track along the ridge of the Peloritani, in Sicily. Pure essence of that magical and unique place which is the Mediterranean.
Unfortunately, on the descent I had a flat tyre on the flat stretch before the Giatrissa, and during the repair I had the misfortune to... break the pump, which happened when the front wheel was at little more than one atmosphere. So, I had to push the bicycle all the way down to Kastania, an unlikely place to locate a pump with the right valve compatibility in a late summer evening.
But in July the place was crowded with former inhabitants coming back for summer holiday from New York, where many of them emigrated. So, with the help of these reasonably young and English-speaking people (two features which are by no means the rule in a mountain village of Peloponnese...) I was able to fix the problem. The news of the strange tourist with strange needs spread quickly across the village (indifference is still unknown in blessed places like this one) and a pump materialized from some house: an hour later I was quietly eating my dinner, sitting under the trees of the wonderful square of Kastania.
The next morning, of course, I headed straight to Gythio for a new pump, with which I was ready for Cape Maleas...
Waypoints
Waypoint
2,558 ft
Panorama
Mountain hut
Summit
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