Stage 2
The Roof of Arcadia

About This Stage

The second stage takes you higher into the mountains on a challenging 30 km journey from Vytina to the summit of Ostrakina, through Alonistaina and back to Vytina, with a total elevation gain of 1,567 metres.

Titled “The Roof of Arcadia”, this stage leads you through the magnificent fir forests of Mount Menalon before beginning the long climb towards Ostrakina, rising to 1,981 metres — the highest summit of Menalon and the highest point in Arcadia.

As the forest gradually gives way to the mountain’s open upper slopes, the landscape transforms. From the summit, breathtaking panoramas unfold across the valleys and mountains of the central Peloponnese, offering a sense of the vastness and isolation of the Arcadian highlands.

The descent carries you back through the fir forests towards the traditional mountain village of Alonistaina, nestled beneath the slopes of Menalon, before the final journey back to Vytina.

Welcome to the summit of Arcadia.

Distance & Elevation