Olympus tour
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.44 mi
- Elevation gain
- 7,169 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 7,169 ft
- Max elevation
- 9,690 ft
- TrailRank
-
68
4
- Min elevation
- 3,571 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 12 hours 40 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1689
- Uploaded
- August 3, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Litóchoro, Central Macedonia (Greece)
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Itinerary description
Waypoints
Car park
3,625 ft
Prionia Parking lot and tavern
Prionia Parking lot & tavern and fountain 1.100m picture was taken just before dawn
Bridge
3,705 ft
Bridge
small wooden bridge early on at the trail small cascade on your right - accessible
River
Fountain
Mountain hut
6,904 ft
Refuge A - S. Agapitos
Refuge A' - "Spilios Agapitos" very well provisioned...even electrolytes nice and shady elevation gain 2.100m (+1.000m)
Intersection
7,067 ft
Trail to peaks
Trail to the summits goes straight to the right is the trail "Kofto" which lead to Refuge "Kakalos" at the Mouses plateau
Intersection
8,252 ft
Crosstrails
straight ahead to Skala trail trail right to Zonaria NO LABELS 2.480m
Summit
9,493 ft
Skala
Skala summit 2.866m ahead lies the trecherous path of "kakoskala" DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS IDEAL CONDITIONS BEST USE ROPE & HARNESS HEREON AFTER
Risk
9,667 ft
Louki
Louki trail very steep but do-able exercise caution, secure footing BEST USE HELMET DANGER OF FALLING ROCK FROM CLIMBERS ABOVE!
Mountain hut
8,835 ft
Refuge G. Apostolidis
Refuge "Giosos Apostolidis " 2.700m large refuge overlooking the plateau
Mountain hut
8,816 ft
Refuge C. Kakalos
Refuge "Christos Kakalos" on the Mouses plateau 2.640m great view of Zeus' crown-throne gets a bit windy famous camping spot accessible both from Agapitos via Kofto trail and from the peaks via Zonaria
Mountain pass
Car park
3,750 ft
Finish/Start Prionia
Prionia parking lot & tavern fountain and WC facilities also trailhead to Enipeas gorge cascade and river just below
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I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TRAIL DUE TO THE EXTREME RISK IN KAKOSKALA
A COUPLE OF SPOTS WERE VERY INSECURE
DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS IDEAL CONDITIONS APPLY
EXPERTS ONLY
BEST USE LOUKI TRAIL BOT UPHILL AND DOWN
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Information
Easy to follow
Scenery
Moderate
I did this trail also in August 2019, in 2 days, first was a cool one with the ascent to Agapitos , the second was the circular trail descibed here. It is safer to descent Louki than ascent it, unless you have a helmet. We went down to Louki when noone was going up, because our descent inevitably throws some stones that can be dangerous for others. We stopped for a coffee at kakkalos refuge and stook the kofto path to Agapitos in low visibility. This is where we saw a few roe deer in the fog!