Pefkofyto – Moutsalia lake

The majority of the visitors tend to choose the forest track as the way to reach the lakes of Moutsalia (Arenes). However, in the heart of the dark forest, one can find another, more fascinating route, which is the old trail from Pefkofyto to the lakes plateau.

This trail is almost abandoned for the past few years, but we can still find some scattered marks, which lead us from Pefkofyto to the center of Grammos mountain.

This path begins at the center of Pefkofyto, next to a stone fountain. Soon we cross a small ravine and following a dirt road we reach a wide field. There we find the beginning of the trail we’ll follow. For the very first part, the trail follows a long forest opening and later on it maneuvers in a young, dense fir stand. After we cross a small meadow, we start going upwards, facing some small technical difficulties, until we climb the rocky slope and arrive at the next trail section. This part is much clearer and easier. We hike until we find ourselves in a high forest of black pines. After twisting through the forest, we reach the forest road Chrysi – Arenes. This road will take us to a secondary, smaller forest track which comes from Aetomilitsa and goes to Arenes. We follow it until we finish our route at the lakes of Arenes.

Elevation profile

Starting – ending point and maximum elevation