Makrinitsa - Pourianos Stavros - West Refuge
- Difficulty / Distance
- Moderate
- 21.13km
- Altitudinal difference
- 951m
- 1560m
- 609m
- Ascend/Descend
- 2141m
- 1066m
- 1075m
- Duration
- 09:00
- Drinking water
- Agia Paraskevi, Krio Nero
- Marking
- Red marks, some signs
Starting from the parking at the end of the asphalt in Makrinitsa, we climb in a northeast direction passing from the old monastery of Agia Paraskevi and continue to Trano Isoma and Flabouro. Eventually we come to a dirt road near the military zone. We walk on this to the left (attention!), thus avoiding to enter the forbidden zone. The road leads to the West Refuge (bivouac). A few meters before the refuge, we notice a path on the right towards Pouri (we don`t walk on that). After a few more meters on the road, we find the path on the left leading down to Karias stone bridge, Trano Isoma, Profitis Elias and finally back to Makrinitsa. Duration 8-9 h. The route is marked with plain red paint marks and a few signs.