The mountain calls also on the island of Crete with its high mountain regions between Hania and Rethymnon ("White Mountains"), between Rethymnon and Heraklion ("Psiloritis" / "Mount Ida") and between Heraklion and Agios Nikolaos ("Dicta Mountains") with their foothills and plateaus in the eastern part of the island. The direct neighborhood between high mountains in the middle, steep cliffs and rocks at the south coast and long white beaches along the northern coast of the island rewards the mountain hiker at any time of the day with an unforgettable view that lets him forget all troubles of the ascent.
Winter on Crete is not just the soft rain at the coasts and in the valleys falling on orange and lemon trees giving life to the earth, which is longing for water from May to October, it is not just the winter storms lashing the waves like furies in rage. No, in the Cretan mountains snow is falling day by day. The temperatures in the evenings have fallen steadily since September to a level, that you can see the villagers in their winter parkas, when the last tourists are taking their dinner at the "platia", the village square, freezing in their bermuda shorts and blouses. From November to February we villagers are quite alone again, and some villages are always cut off by snow.
It's time for mountaineering.
The Greek Association of Mountain Climbers of Rethymnon are organizing excursions all over the year for their members and - after an old Cretan custom - friends and family members are always welcome.
To be mountain climber or hiker is no hobby, no sport. It is a way of life characterized by long lasting friendly relations between humans, who reach together their common goal: To be one with the nature of the mountains.
Program of Events 2008
SUNDAY 30/11/2008
MESSONISSIA - SOROS
Mountain guide : Euthimis Karapidakis,
phone 6932467993
SUNDAY 07/12/2008
ARKADI - MARGARITES
Mountain guide: Giorgos Christidis,
phone 6977589428
SUNDAY 14/12/2008
SIDEROTAS - TRIOPETRA
Mountain guide: Stelios Galakourakis,
phone 28310 32184 / 6973356339
SATURDAY - SUNDAY 20 - 21/12/2008
TIMIOS STAVROS
Mountain guide: Kostas Tzortzinis,
phone 28310 20260 / 6944668887
More info about equipment and terms of participation at
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