From Vigla to Florina through the forest

If you’re passing through Florina, make the most of it and go for a lovely hike in the surrounding mountains! You’ll mainly be following small paths through the forest. You’ll cross meadows with lovely scenery and, towards the end, some rather surprising sandy terrain.

Remember to charge your mobile phone: GPS is very useful, as there aren’t many signposts.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.36 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 7h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: No
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 1,749 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 4,623 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 6,263 ft
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    Lowest point: 2,159 ft
  • ⚐ Country: Greece
  • ⚑
    Start: N 40.771664° / E 21.267968°
  • ⚑
    End: N 40.7779° / E 21.405339°
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Description of the walk

From the ski resort (S), head up the forest track away from the ski slopes until you reach point (1). Then turn left into the meadows. You’re now on a rather lovely forest track.

At the point (2), you can choose to take a detour via the ridge and the summit (3). You’ll be rewarded with a lovely unobstructed view, but this adds 150 metres of elevation gain and about 3 km to the route. Otherwise, head straight to (4).

Carry on to the second summit (5) and then on to (6).

At (6), don’t miss the track that branches off to the left, descending gently. Carry on through the forest until you reach (7). You’ll then join the forest track. Follow it until you reach (8).

At (8), leave the forest track and take a small path through the woods. The path is quite steep, but it’s a nice shortcut compared to the forest track. You’ll come across sandy ground, very different from what you’ve seen so far.

Carry on until you rejoin the forest track at (9).

At (10), you can take another shortcut by leaving the forest track. It’s full of ferns, quite pretty and not too steep.

At (11), you’ll rejoin the forest track, which you’ll follow until you reach Florina and your destination. Having a drink by the river can be a lovely way to round off this walk.

Waypoints

  1. S : mi 0 - alt. 5,062 ft - Vigla ski resort
  2. 1 : mi 0.98 - alt. 5,604 ft - Ski slopes
  3. 2 : mi 1.62 - alt. 5,922 ft - Junction for the summit
  4. 3 : mi 2.7 - alt. 6,227 ft - First summit
  5. 4 : mi 3.94 - alt. 6,089 ft - Direct route
  6. 5 : mi 5.82 - alt. 5,479 ft - Second summit
  7. 6 : mi 6.99 - alt. 5,364 ft - Junction in the forest
  8. 7 : mi 7.74 - alt. 4,951 ft - Pass and forest track
  9. 8 : mi 8.34 - alt. 4,692 ft - Shortcut
  10. 9 : mi 9.63 - alt. 3,622 ft - Forest track
  11. 10 : mi 10.49 - alt. 3,022 ft - Second shortcut
  12. 11 : mi 10.69 - alt. 2,851 ft - Forest track
  13. E : mi 13.36 - alt. 2,159 ft - Have a drink in Florina

Notes

To get to the starting point: take a taxi to the Vigla ski resort (around 25 euros from Florina).

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