A 1,700–2,340-metre {{strong:family-run ski station}} on the southern shoulder of Mount Helmos — small, well-kept, with proper alpine winters December through March and quiet trail running, mountain biking and wildflower walking all summer.
Helmos is the second-highest mountain in the Peloponnese (2,355 m), and the only one with a developed ski station. The resort itself is small — seven lifts, twelve runs — but the mountain is large and quiet, and the Greek alpine experience is the rarer thing in Europe.
In summer, the south shoulder is one of the great running and biking mountains in Greece. The Helmos National Park covers it, with silver fir forest below 1,800 m, alpine meadow above, and the Aroanian high lakes in the south-eastern corner. The Aristarchos telescope, the largest in southeast Europe, sits at 2,340 m on the summit ridge.
The mountain is large; the developed parts are small and clearly signed.
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