Xiropotamos

Last Update: 16.07.2025 by Daniel Sturm
Subregion: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Έβρου
Town: Σαμοθράκη
v2 a2 II
2h20
30min
1h30
20min
390m
200m
190m
x
30m
9
1000m
Car required
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Summary:
Short canyon, without too many difficulties, with a few rappels in an always very beautiful and aquatic environment. However, it should not be underestimated during good water flow, where some pools may be difficult to exit.
Summary:
Short canyon, without too many difficulties, with a few rappels in an always very beautiful and aquatic environment. However, it should not be underestimated during good water flow, where some pools may be difficult to exit.
Access:
Park upper and lower as per the QR codes on the topo. Please use the described parking so as not to irritate the locals. Follow the signs to Kamariotissa. At the height of the first houses of Kamariotissa (sign KeVtpo), you come across a fork, keep left. Continue for 800 m between the houses of the village until the end of the road, then turn left. Continue along the main road, and after 1 km turn right towards Lakkoma. Go straight on, always in the direction of Lakkoma, at the large fork that you come across after just over 6 km and then immediately turn left in the direction of "Enponótauoc". Continue for just over 2 km until the road makes a sharp left bend towards a church. Continue for another 700 m until you reach a sign indicating private property and with a large blue mark on it. Park the lower car here. Parking upstream: Go back for about 3 km until the fork with the sign Enponótauoç. Turn left, almost a U-turn, and follow the main road for 4km until you find a concrete road on the left, at the beginning of a 90° right bend (at the crossroads, on the edge of the opposite lane, there is a low wall and two shrines). Turn left, almost making a U-turn, onto the uphill concrete road. Travel for about 2 km along the road, which soon also has a dirt road, which climbs steeply up the mountainside, turning right after 200 m and left after another 300 m, until you reach a small church. Park the upper car here.
Approach (30 min):
Continue along the road, first downhill and then uphill, until you reach a clearing where there is a large tree and from which you can see the canyon. Continue along a flat path, parallel to the canyon, which climbs up a hill. Turn left and zigzag down, along the line of least slope, until you reach the stream, following the blue marks.

Tour (1 h 30):

Return (20 min):
After the last rappel continue until you come across an old concrete wall, after which the canyon opens up and the riverbed becomes completely stony. You will shortly reach the exit signed with blue marks. Climb the small slope to reach two large plastic pipes. Follow the pipes until you reach a clearing where there is a path signed with red marks. Turn right, downhill, on the path that becomes increasingly wider, until you reach the concrete road. Continue on the road to shortly reach the parked vehicle.

Coordinates:

Canyon Start
40.4496°, 25.5318°
DMS: 40° 26" 58.56', 25° 31" 54.48'

DM: 40° 26.976", 25° 31.908"

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Canyon End
40.451963°, 25.538291°
DMS: 40° 27" 7.07', 25° 32" 17.85'

DM: 40° 27.118", 25° 32.297"

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Literatures:

Canyoning Book
Hellenic Canyoning Association- ESEF
Anavasi
2008
978-960-91379-5-9
10 Canyon-Beschreibungen
14.06.2025 MartiiinYan09 ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Xiropotamos Fait après Kremastos. Sympa, à côté de la maison. (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-debit/21600/observations.html)
14.06.2025 Martiiin ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔
Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Xiropotamos Super après kremastos pour le rinçage du matos. Y avons fait une dizaine de sauts.Accès et retour faciles.4*4 obligé pour la piste du haut.Étroiture finale très jolie.Ce canyon est susceptible de changer de morphologie chaque année au vu des traces de crues et blocs monstrueux déplacés... (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon-debit/21600/observations.html)
09.03.2023 System User ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ★★★
Daten importiert von https://ropewiki.com/Xiropotamos

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