Mount Olympus
Trail 5 · Petrostruga refuge
- Walking time
≈ 6 h 50 Running it? Set your pace - Distance
- 10.7 km
- Ascent
1,639 m - Descent
51 m - Highest point
1,946 m
- Over 5 h
- A mountain path, steep in places. You need steady footing and hiking shoes. All grades
Tap at the start Fire season: check tomorrow's risk map - Volunteers recorded the line and the waymarks in OpenStreetMap. We took the data on 13 October 2026. We don't know who looks after the trail today, so ask in the village or at the refuge what state it's in. The route on OpenStreetMap ↗What the sources mean
Mules at the Petrostrouga refuge · 40 m from the trail, near its end
Route
needs carerace course
- Slope
- < 8%
- 8–15%
- > 15%
Water point Summit
Getting there
The trail starts at 341 m. Nearest village or town: Vrondou, 3.8 km from the start. 40.16299, 22.40816
Mules at the Petrostrouga refuge · 40 m from the trail, near its end
Black pines high on the mountain · 50 m from the trail, near its end
From Wikimedia Commons, taken within 150 m of the trail and picked one by one. Tap a photo for the photographer and licence.
Expect runners on race mornings. The km are counted on each race's course.
Olympus Marathon
Dion → Litochoro, Mt Olympus 71 km · 5,550 m D+ 44 km · 3,350 m D+ 4.25 km · 1,024 m D+ 14 km · 800 m D+ 5 km · 180 m D+ - Olympus Ultra 71K · km 15–21 of the course
- ALOU Alpine Olympus Ultra 65K · km 55–60 of the course
