The mountaineering and skiing club of Iraklion,was established in 1940 and is a member of the association of mountaineering clubs of Greece. Today the club has approximately 200 active members. The activities of the club include mountain climbing , cross country walking, skiing. Almost every weekend, the club organizes excursions to various locations in Crete, that attract a lot of followers from outside the club. The difficulty of these excursions varies , from extremely easy (i.e. 3-4 hours walk through fairly passable footpaths) to very hard (i.e. climbing to the top of Psiloritis at 2.500 meters). The club is also maintaining , together with the other mountaineering associations of Crete, the Cretan part of the European mountaineering footpath E4. This is a path that starts from Portugal (!!) and ends to Kato Zakros in Crete.
Finally the club maintains its own shelter in the area of Asites close to Iraklion . The shelter is available to all who want to visit it , provided proper arrangements are made with the club, since it has limited bedding facilities.
Visitors to Iraklion are invited to join our excursions You can contact the club by phone at +30-81-227609 every day from 20:30-22:30 EET , or by mail to myrto@her.forthnet.gr (http://users.forthnet.gr/her/myrto/)