Mt. Gamila 2491m, in North Western Greece, October 2003

A group of Ioannina and Athens based hikers walked to the top of Mt. Gamila on Saturday October 11 2003. The trek began and ended at Mikro Papigo. There was a Northern wind that Staturday and the visibility at the top was amazing. One could see Mt. Olympus and the island of Corfu.

The approximate location of Mt. Gamila in Greece

A more detailed map of Mt. Gamila, our trek started from Papigo (red arrow), then we stopped at

the refuge (green arrow) and ended up at the top of Mt. Gamila (blue arrow)

Mt. Gamila from far away, gamila=camel because of the two “humps”

Another view of Mt. Gamila from far away

View from the refuge above the village of Micro Papigo looking South

The two buddies (from left K. Pantos, N. Galatsanos) at the refuge looking North

The final destination in the horizon

With Mt. Astraka in the back from left (N. Galatsanos, S. Stylianidis and K. Pantos)

This little alpine lake is at the plateau between Mt. Astraka and Mt. Gamila

The usual suspects (from left N. Galatsanos, K. Pantos, T. Apostolidis) at the top of Mt. Gamila.

Drakolimni can be seen between them

Mt. Smolikas at 2,579m in the horizon as seen from the top of Mt. Gamila

A view of the adjacent mountains from the top of Mt. Gamila

A southern view from the top of Mt. Gamila, with Mt. Astraka in the near background

A view of the rocks above Mikro Papigo at dusk.