"This hill is relentlessly steep, until you get to the top that is, and then it is an awkward hobble over quite rough knobbly terrain, avoiding a hollow by the south summit. I took it from the south east at around 1100m. It starts relatively ok, then shoots up on a fairly loose but relatively well marked path. A couple of sections required scrambling, the worst of which over quite smooth rock which would be a devil when wet, but nothing too challenging. I'd found my mountain legs by this point and stormed up (good thing really as I had left it quite late in the day) although I was disappointed to find the highest point quite far away once the height had been gained. I read somewhere that this is statistically one of the most dangerous Greek hills. Not sure how true that is but there are a couple of plaques commemorating people who didn't make it. Oh yes, and I worked out that what I thought was some kind of bumble bee was actually the local horsefly. I got bothered by these quite a bit, but fortunately only the males which don't bite, thankfully." — vygodski • Jul 2, 2023

"After a gruelling climb from the east up Platyvouna, was pleased to arrive at the bottom of this and have just 350m elevation to do, but it was pretty gruelling all the same. Saw some pretty yellow butterflies with back edges to the wings, forget-me-nots and several small violet and purple species of flowers, that when I could wipe the sweat from my eyes. The summit has a small shelter, and far-reaching views although that goes almost with out saying. The promised rain turned out to be a drop or two, but the occasional very cool breeze was enough to show what the weather could do in the blink of an eye. On the descent down a well-marked path (a mixture of older red splodges and newer orange ones, the latter an unfortunate choice given the orange colour of the lichen here) saw a chamois which seemed a little curious in us, though kept a fair distance. Descended northwards down a fairly gradual path, past an empty lake, a little down a gorge then keeping above it, until a 100 m zig-zag where we refound the dirt track. Left my companion to rest whilst I trekked back up it to the east to retrieve the car. " — vygodski • Jun 28, 2023

"Climbed this en route to Pyramida. Parked to the north east at around 1700m just before the road becomes impassable due to landslides. Headed south up the valley on a vague route on the left side of the switchbacks in the old road. Fairly ok going and obvious. It flattens out at the top. About 1km further on the Greek maps show a path leading up to a saddle just south of this peak. This turned out to be quite a treacherous approach as it was covered in scree. Lots of awkward scrambling. I'd fancied tackling it from a little further north, which, when looked at from above did look almost vertical, but had less loose rock. I don't recommend either route particularly. Quite precarious. Disturbed a huge mountain hare, the biggest I've ever seen, which bounded off. Not sure who was more scared. From the saddle a short hop up to a fallen summit pillar. Then on to Giona. After Giona took the more common route back, and trekked back up the road to get the car possibly 14km in all." — vygodski • Jun 28, 2023

"A 300m odd climb from the northwest. Left the car at some point on the track and walked along dirt road to roughly south of this, then steady climb to top. Changeable weather: rain, sun, mist, cloud." — vygodski • Jun 26, 2023

"Climbed Mount Ochi on a hot day starting from Myli village. Got to see the ancient quarry and, of course, the famous Dragon House on the top of the mountain. Trip story, information about the mountain, photos, video, and routes map: http://www.variouscuriousstuff.com/2017/06/12/hiking-mount-ochi-mysterious-dragon-house/" — DimitriosFan • Jun 7, 2017