"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

"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

"The second day of a four-day trek on the Olympos Massif, Macedonia, Northern Greece. For more information on Mount Olympos, see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus From the summit of Skala 2866m/20m to Mytikas 2918.8m/2355m, and return to Skala. Four of our group declined the option of the Grade 2 scramble to the summit, so Ivo our guide had four of us in his summit party. I was of two minds myself, as I am not a confident scrambler. However, I had wanted to climb to the summit of Mount Olympus since I was a boy, when my passion for Ancient Greece started. I had come a long way and invested a lot of physical and emotional effort in scaling this summit, so it was not a hard decision and I joined the summit party. With helmets donned as protection against stone-fall (a constant hazard on this peak, due to its popularity) we set off. The first part of the scramble was relatively easy. It was down the shaded narrow gully of the Kakoskala, with little in the way of exposure. Then followed an exposed but easy traverse below the ridge crest down to the Skala - Skolio col at 2810m, with views west down into the yawning gulf of the Megala Kazania cwm, with its..." — marktrengove • Sep 13, 2017

" The first day, starting from Prionia, we walked to Refuge A (Spilios Agapitos) were we spent the night. The next morning we took the trail to Zonaria, climbed Louki and reached the peak Myticas. Returning from Kakia Skala, we also walked on the lower summits Skolio and Agios Antonios and then returned back to Refuge A. After another night at the refuge we headed back to Prionia. Edited video from the ascent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leO1NQDwYzw " — Christos • Aug 14, 2013

"I took a number of panorama pictures, 24 of which became a part of my virtual tour "Solo tracking and Climbing Olympus E4: Litohoro - Mitikas" http://www.360-vr.net/olympus.php" — 360-vr • Jul 27, 2012

"A two day hike starting at Prionia and staying overnight in Spilios refuge. Set off before dawn the next morning and had the summit to ourselves. Perfect weather conditions and great views." — Mcallmar • Jun 8, 2012

"First time i've ever climbed a mountain in my life, decided on a Saturday night in Thessaloniki, caught the first bus Sunday morning. Spent the first night in Spilios, up at dawn and at Mytikas peak by 11am. Climbed down Louki and spent 2 nights at Apostolos Refuge as the weather was bad (i climbed in sneakers and shorts!) Always wanted to climb Olympus as a child." — costax • Sep 19, 2011