Zygovisti-Elati

Menalon Trail
Zygovisti-Elati

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Menalon Trail
The church of Zoodochos Pigi, near Paleochori

The route Zigovisti-Elati straddles the Western Menalon massif.

Leave Zigovisti behind passing by the old church of Agios Ioanis and the Piso Vrisi fountain where the trailhead wends through a beautiful ravine to the country church of Agios Georgios and the adjacent spring.

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The Piso Vrysi fountain, in Zygovisti
The route continues through a crooked dirt road until Asoves, from where an artificially reinforced footpath wends to the Bourniades Spring. Follow the track as it goes smoothly uphill to Bilali Pass, an important node of old paths that connected Radou and Stemnitsa.
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The chapel of Agios Georgios
From Bilali Pass slowly descend to Koskitsa plateau and its big trough, and ascend again slowly to the saddle between Pliovouni and Fragovouni (short cut leading to the peak of Pliovouni 1643m, the highest peak of this route). Then follow a steep path that loses 150 meters altitude and enters the immense Vlachika Plateau and walk round to its south end. Till this point, the route is marked with Red Square .
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The Koskitsa trough
From here (therefore, the trail is marked with Yellow Square) an alternation of small roads and paths will lead you to Paliochori fountain. Pass the Zoodochos Pigi chapel and follow the path to the mountain settlement of Elati.

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The Lygos cave
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Section 3 Zygovisti-Elati
Elevation profile

Text and photos by T. Adamakopoulos

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All useful information about the section Zygovisti-Elati - interactive map, photos, metrics and description - is included in the digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide.

The digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide is available for Android devices as an in-app purchase within the application topoguide Greece. Menalon Trail is a member of the Long Trails group.

The digital field guide Menalon Trail topoguide is also available for iOS (iPhone and iPad) devices as an in-app purchase within the application Topoguide Greece. There also, Menalon Trail is a member of the Long Trails group.

Menalon Trail topoguide offers active guidance along the trail, as well as an extented guidebook on the geography, the nature and the history of the area.

The 8 sections of Menalon Trail