Mount Parnitha
Trail 3 · Μαλακάσα
- Walking time
≈ 6 h 30 Running it? Set your pace - Distance
- 14.5 km
- Ascent
1,123 m - Descent
503 m - Highest point
1,277 m
- Over 5 h
- The path fades in places, with rocky, exposed bits. You need sure footing and good boots. All grades
Spring at km 2.9 - The ministry told Parliament in October 2021 that the 20 springs in Parnitha National Park are tested and their water is usually unfit to drink. Carry your water, or treat what you take from a spring. Source 1 ↗
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
The chapel of Agios Petros · on the trail, at its end
Route
needs carerace course
- Slope
- < 8%
- 8–15%
- > 15%
Water point Summit
Getting there
The trail starts at 431 m. Nearest village or town: Fyli, 1.9 km from the start. 38.11921, 23.66169
The chapel of Agios Petros · on the trail, at its end
Looking out from the path · on the trail at km 2.5
The Mola clearing · 80 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.
- Atlas 24K · km 1–3 of the course
Elafi Parnithas Trail
Ippokrateios Politeia, Mt Parnitha 22 km · 1,100 m D+ 16 km · 800 m D+ 8 km · 230 m D+ - Deer Trail 22K · km 5–7, 11–17 of the course
- Deer Trail 16K · km 5–11 of the course
