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Mount Olympus (Mytikas)

Also known as Olympus · Mount Olympus · Mytikas · Olympos · Mt Olympus · Olympus Peak · Olympus Mountain

ESYE12, Greece

Mount Olympus (Mytikas) seen from a distance — Mount Olympus (Mytikas) · Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation

2,918 m

Prominence

2,354 m

Country

Greece

Coordinates

40.0817, 22.3495

Key saddle

40.084, 22.358

40° 4′ 54″ N · 22° 20′ 58″ E

First climbed

1913

By religious pilgrims or priests in Antiquity. First Modern Ascent: 2 August 1913 Christos Kakkalos, Frederic Boissonnas and Daniel Baud-Bovy

History source: Wikipedia · elevation and peak data from Peakbagger

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Latest

18 September 2026

First: 14 November 2014

Martin Gårdling18 September 2026 Trip report
Via spagalitos hut, loop down on the other side
Sunny day, took the route up via spagalitos, started 6:23 arrived at skala 12:00 , took a break there had a bit of mist, scrambled over and summit. Down on the other side, a beer at the next hut and a long descent. It was a total of 2129 alt meters gained(1900m prominence) and roughly 2129m of descent aswell. Around 6pm back by the car 11 hours 50mins total. 7 hours 20 mins active time ( a lot of breaks ;) )
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Viggo Rognes18 September 2026
Jules Decuypere17 September 2026
Martin Gårdling6 October 2025 Trip report
Country high point — synced from my Peakbagger log
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Bill Hughes3 August 2024
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martin.zahuranec6 August 2023
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Bill Hughes2 December 2021
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Eric Gilbertson29 May 2016
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Eric Gilbertson14 November 2014
Trip report: https://www.countryhighpoints.com/cyprus-mount-olympus/
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Sources

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