"Went to meet Zeus & Co. Found only hordes of hikers and few climbers, to which we added a count of 3 😆 4 (of out 52 🤦‍♂️) summits: Skala, Mytikas (or Pantheon, and the highest), Skolio, Agios Antonios. Family walk to Skala, then single push to Mytikas and exit via loop. I guess I was so excited, that even forgot to sign in summit registries 😆 Haven't seen the refuge's sleeping quarters, but based on glances at the dinning and common rooms, I'd say it's the cleanest and largest alpine hut/refuge I've ever seen. PS: coming from Canada, who would guess that Greece mountains have snow in it, eh 😆 spikes would've been handy." — alexp • Oct 10, 2025

"From the refuge directly to the north, which is reached by a good asphalt road. The beginning of the path isn't very clear but heading to the mountain one soon begins to see various options. The marked path (red marks with a yellow background) weaves alongside and over a wider, rough track that leads to an abandoned building with an antennae to the south east, from here it rises up the ridge to the south west. The last section is a little steep but it is fairly easy going otherwise. The walk is completely exposed and I caught some sun. Extensive views, particularly of the south of Mount Olympus which, as Homer says, is always covered in cloud. There was quite a bit of snow evident on its upper reaches. Ossa itself was free of snow. On the top is a bell, which I dutifully rang and the sound in the stillness was almost painful. There is also a small chapel set into the rock in which there are various bits of religious paraphenalia, and shelter I guess if one really needed it in the very musty quarters, and a small pillar. Descent same way as ascent, without incident." — vygodski • May 26, 2025

"What a great day. After foggy tuesday got rewarded with nice weather. Apparently I did not take any pictures on Mytikas which is a shame. This route up was much more fun than the normal route to Mytikas via Spilios Agapitos." — LadislavT • Jul 7, 2023

"At Skala I could not see this mountain as it was hidden in cloud. To be honest I was a little disorientated and didn't properly check my bearings. Rather I set off after checking the way with another climber and misinterpreting his directions, I ended up heading straight down the gully to the east rather than turning north almost immediately. I was about 100m down before I fully realised my mistake. It could have been more costly than the calories and pride spent, because the rock was very loose. After finally establishing the mistake I'd made, I made my way back up, and on to the right path which was well marked. What hadn't been well marked was the turn off from the gully, and the advice of "straight down" was taken too literally. The other mistake I had made was not really researching this top and its difficulties. I had planned to go up the next day but as the weather was turning, I did it earlier and didn't do any real preparation. It is described as a class 3 scramble and to be honest I'd have preferred to have been roped up, but as it stood I continued. The first part is a steep descent though on quite solid rock, and one with natural steps, a recurring feature on this clim..." — vygodski • Jul 4, 2023

"Climbed to survey with GNSS for determination of Mount Olympus Height: 2917.727 m Here is the final paper https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369998667_Revisiting_the_determination_of_Mount_Olympus_Height_Greece dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11629-022-7866-8" — georgiosmoschopoulos • Sep 30, 2022