Location: North 34.89992, East 033.05814 (GPS at the summit)
Difficulty: (YDS) class 1.
Climbed December 15. 2012.
Information:
How to get there:
There are several possibilities, this detailed description is a nice route, it also helps
describing the route to the other peaks I climbed this day.
From motorway A1 in Limassol, most signs says Lemesos, take exit number 27. In the traffic circle follow signs
for E-110, direction to Palodia and Gerasa. Measure from this traffic circle.
At kilometer 5.3, you are in Palodia, go straight and stay on E-110. Around kilometer 13.3, you will pass by the
nice village of Geresa (on your left), continue on E-110. At kilometer 19.9, turn right in order to stay on
E-110 (a bit later there is a left curve, stay on E-110). Then, at kilometer 22.4, turn sharply right and leave
E-110, the new road is F-139. Shortly after, at 22.6, go straight ahead. At kilometer 29.2, fork right (uphill), there
is a sign here saying Troodos 43. Finally,
at kilometer 32.0, you reach a main col and road fork, this is the trailhead for Papoutsa.
Actually, keep right and continue about 25 meter in order to locate a small parking area on your right hand side.
This location is N34.90623, E033.05363, elevation about 1256 meter.
Route description:
The trail heads uphill directly from the parking area at the very lower end of what is the north ridge.
Follow this trail as it zig-zags uphill along the ridge until the ridge merges with the west ridge (from your right).
The trail now turns more east and easily gains the summit. The summit
has a small religous memorial and a large
white summit cross.
This summit connects via a short ridge to
a second summit of very similar height. To cross over is a simple
scramble, (YDS) class 2.
Comments:
Here is a Google map documenting my hikes on Cyprus.
I parked at a small turn-out exactly at the col and failed to see the correct parking and the trailhead.
I left at 1430, walked a few meter downhill (the wrong way), then climbed loose and awkward terrain in order
to reach the ridge. The trail was a pleasant surprise and made this ascent much easier than expected.
I arrived at the summit at 1455.
I spent 10 minutes enjoying the view as well as doing the short traverse to
the second summit and back.
Descending at 1505, I was back down by the car in 15 minutes. This was my
last climb on Cyprus, time to head back down to The Four Season Hotel in Limassol where a (hopefully)
nice oriental dinner had been booked for 1930.
