Michas-Roumeliotiko spring-Mparmpa-ridge of Olonos: When we arrive at Michas village we need to follow the second road we see on our left hand. In 50m there is a sign that leads us to a little cement road to the left. From this point on starts the climbing trail. We ascend until we reach a cement reservoir; we go past to it to the right towards the forest openings. We need to follow the blue-white and red mountaineering signs. We will soon find the forest road. We will cross it and continue on the path following the signs; soon we will meet the road again. From this point on we keep on the road. On our way we will meet a spring and after some turns we reach an elevation where we can observe the ridge of Olonos and Mougila. At this point the road goes descending. We go left leaving the road and entering the path; there is a sign saying “to Mougila”. We climb to a ridge; we keep to the right following the signs on the trees.
We keep walking in the forest until we reach the alpine part. At the beginning we go right to the rocks going under them and we start the traverse which goes until Olonos plateau. The route is obvious.
If there is snow we need to be careful since we need to cross several gullies. During the route we are exposed from the left hand side to the ridge of the mountain while on the right hand there is cliff in many places. To confirm that we are on the right way we need to pass from a sheepfold right after a gully.
As we approach to the ridge of Mougila we turn right towards the top of Olonos. We traverse the slope to reach the plateau. From this point we can see the two summits, the ridge of Profitis Ilias and the saddle point in front of us. From the saddle we can either climb to Olonos or to Mougila. Both climbs are hard but the second is the harder. The summit Mougila is 2196 a bit shorter than Olonos.
For the way back we need to go back to the sheepfold. From this point there is an alternative route passing by the “crumbled waterfall”. We need to go down to the left through a narrow gully until the beginning of the forest. As the slope becomes smaller we need to move to the right. There are signs which can be hidden by the snow. We keep traversing without losing height and soon we will see the forest road. At the exit of the path we arrive at the waterfall on the forest road. From this point we continue to the right until the elevation and join to the road of the ascend.
The route takes about 8 hours with snow.
Source: www.mountainsgreece.com
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