"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

"We climbed the summit of Giona with a friend of mine starting from Kaloskopi. We had to postpone the ascent due to bad weather conditions, sleeping low in the forest in the meanwhile. Due to the tempest, despite being May, there was a lot of snow on the peak. Absolutely great trip. Trip story, photos, videos and map: http://www.variouscuriousstuff.com/2017/05/24/climbing-mount-giona-the-highest-mountain-of-southern-greece/ General info about the mountain and ascent directions in the Greek language: http://www.variouscuriousstuff.com/2017/05/25/%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC/" — DimitriosFan • May 18, 2017