Mount Parnassus
Trail 6 · E4 long-distance path
- Walking time
≈ 7 h 30 Running it? Set your pace - Distance
- 19.2 km
- Ascent
1,167 m - Descent
631 m - Highest point
1,413 m
- Long-distance
- A mountain path, steep in places. You need steady footing and hiking shoes. All grades
Tap at km 5.5 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
A meadow in the fir forest on the E4 · on the trail at km 13.4
Route
needs carerace course
- Slope
- < 8%
- 8–15%
- > 15%
Water point Summit
Getting there
The trail starts at 379 m. Nearest village or town: Delphi, 0.8 km from the start. 38.47692, 22.48511
A meadow in the fir forest on the E4 · on the trail at km 13.4
Giona through the firs · on the trail at km 16.5
The valley below Delphi from near the Phaedriades · on the trail at km 4
The Pleistos valley and the Gulf of Itea from Delphi · on the trail at km 1
The E4 waymark towards Delphi · 30 m from the trail, near km 13.1
A fir glade facing Giona · 40 m from the trail, near km 16.4
A chapel in the fir forest · 40 m from the trail, near km 16.8
The ancient stadium of Delphi, on the way up · 80 m from the trail, near km 2
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.
- Dolihos Delphi–Olympia 255K · km 0–2 of the course
- Pame Rio 111K · km 0–2 of the course
- 3 UltraSummits TihioRace 250K · km 119–121, 161–165, 165–167 of the course
- X-Ultra TihioRace 170K · km 47–49, 89–93, 93–96 of the course
- 75-Ultra TihioRace 75K · km 0–2 of the course
