Absolutely insane 24 hours of traveling. Mount Olympus is usually a two day hike where you hike a few hours and stay at a refuge then go for the top the next day. We decided to do it in one which was very ambitious and I’m really glad we made it.
Not much climbing on the peak to SKALA but a lot of scrambling to Mytikas so definitely wear the right shoes so you don’t end up like me.
We made it from Prionia to Skala in 4:50 which looking back was a huge push. And didn’t leave us with much energy for the way down.
The way down was very tough. It was of loose gravel and stepping on rocks with strange angles. Very tough on the knees and exhaustion started to kick in towards the end.
To get to Mount Olympus, we traveled from Thessaloniki by train, then bus to the town of Litochoro were we got some food Friday night. Later that night we booked a taxi up to Prionia and then set up camp.
We got back to Prionia at a decent hour so there were a bunch of people leaving and willing to give rides back down. We got one from a really cool Romanian couple doing the same hike. Then a taxi, train, and a bus got us back to Thessaloniki where we are studying.