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SaveCrete trails and routes are listed on Trailforks with interactive trail maps, difficulty ratings, photos, and user-reported trail conditions. The Trailforks community has shared hundreds of photos from this region. Supported activity types include Mountain Biking, Hiking, Trail Running, E-Biking, Gravel Biking, Adaptive Biking, Winter Fat Biking and Horseback. Popular destinations include Heraklion, Hersonisos and Chania.
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Region Details
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- Trails (view details)
- 39
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 39
- Trails E-Bike
- 21
- Trails Gravel Bike
- 8
- Trails Adaptive Bike
- 4
- Trails Winter Fat Bike
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 34
- Trails Trail Running
- 33
- Total Distance
- 39 miles
- Total Descent
- 23,252 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,390 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 3,414 ft
- Reports
- 21
- Photos
- 119
- Completed Counter
- 366
Articles
Exploring The Lesser Known Trails Of Crete: A Mountain Bike Journey
Nov 23, 2022 from pinkbike.com
Loose rock and perfect views on this venture through the stunning and culturally rich island of Crete.
Sub Regions
- Chania (6)
- Chania (6)
- Astritsi (0)
- Prevadorio (2)
- Chania (6)
- Heraklion Prefecture (31)
- Heraklion (17)
- Giouchtas (5)
- Karteros (3)
- Sifis (0)
- Strouboulas (3)
- Hersonisos (13)
- Malia (5)
- Malevizi (1)
- Fodele (1)
- Heraklion (17)
Popular Crete Mountain Biking Trails
• 70 ★ 5.0 • 2 miles • 43 ft • 41 •
Technical challenge traversing the karfi mountain. You end up dropping into Krasi. Fantastic loose, raw and quick trail for advanced riders. Gives you a taste of the true cretan mtb terrain. MAKE SURE TO CLOSE ANY GATES THAT YOU OPEN....
• 85 ★ 5.0 • 2 miles • 90 ft • 21 •
Old road that was used for trade between malia and moxos. Watch for hikers and close gates behind you.
• 55 ★ 5.0 • 2 miles • 333 ft • 17 •
Flow trail with some rock gardens and switchbacks. Requires a 10-15min hike a bike to the top and then a very rewarding downhill with techy and flow features. This is also a hiking trail, so be careful and aware of other people using it.
• 100 ★ 5.0 • 1,027 ft • 0 ft • 17 •
Popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 3 minutes to complete this trail.
• 90 ★ 4.4 • 3,941 ft • 77 ft • 15 •
The "A-Line" here in Crete. Really fast and flowy with a lot of burms, jumps, wooden jumps and really steep in a couple parts. This place was an old testing range for the millitary here in Greece and the name comes from an old bazooka...
• 40 ★ 5.0 • 2 miles • 97 ft • 14 •
Starts from the main road that goes up to lasithi and ends in gonies. This trail includes some urban riding sine you will go through the Monastery and even thru gonies village. It has 2-3 steep and loose dirt sections but other than...
• 100 ★ 0.0 • 2 miles • 446 ft • 14 •
Popular green difficulty mixed. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 446 ft blue climb. On average it takes 4 hours23 minutes to complete this trail.
• 100 ★ 5.0 • 3,278 ft • 0 ft • 14 •
The path starts parallel to the K. Mitsotaki road. It is a path with natural obstacles without big drops and jumps. The terrain is mainly downhill with a few sections that may need a little pedaling. It has a mixed terrain of dirt with...
Crete Mountain Bike Routes
16 miles • 1,365 ft • 0 • Loop •
the most famous off road tour of cyclingcreta starting from Lyttos beach hotel
Photos of Crete Mountain Bike
Videos of Crete Mountain Bike
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nail The Trail Malia | Jun 25, 2025 @ 7:42am Jun 25, 2025 | Dry | fokos | ||
| Los39 the trail Strouboulas | Sep 15, 2024 @ 10:07am Sep 15, 2024 | Dry | Harrispro | ||
| xalepa trail 1 Giouchtas | Jul 1, 2024 @ 12:24pm Jul 1, 2024 | Dry | Harrispro | ||
| Giouchtas DH#1 Giouchtas | Jun 23, 2024 @ 6:12am Jun 23, 2024 | Unknown | manosadj | ||
| Rampes trail Giouchtas | Jun 19, 2024 @ 11:31am Jun 19, 2024 | Very Dry | manosadj | ||
| Fourni trail 1 Giouchtas | Jun 18, 2024 @ 10:02am Jun 18, 2024 | Very Dry | manosadj | ||
| Donkey Trail Malia | Jun 3, 2024 @ 4:17am Jun 3, 2024 | Ideal | Matt-c-dorset-UK | ||
| Kera Trail Malia | Jun 3, 2024 @ 4:17am Jun 3, 2024 | Very Dry | Matt-c-dorset-UK | ||
| Prevadorio #2 Prevadorio | Feb 6, 2022 @ 9:52am Feb 6, 2022 | Ideal | KonGamer19 | ||
| Prevadorio #1 Prevadorio | Feb 6, 2022 @ 9:52am Feb 6, 2022 | Ideal | KonGamer19 |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shulab | ridden | trail | activity #101720375 | Aug 17, 2026 @ 1:18pm Aug 17, 2026 |
| tasose | wishlist | trail | activity #98185294 | Jul 1, 2026 @ 1:25am Jul 1, 2026 |
| ptldbkr | wishlist | trail | activity #96722356 | Jun 11, 2026 @ 12:37am Jun 11, 2026 |
| mlu5252 | add | video | activity #90669738 | Mar 15, 2026 @ 4:54pm Mar 15, 2026 |
| Honky1ch | ridden | trail | activity #88920620 | Feb 14, 2026 @ 2:59pm Feb 14, 2026 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | Back to Feed fokos avatar Faidonas Kargatzis... | Feb 5, 2026 @ 10:54pm Feb 5, 2026 | ||
| trail | any update on this on 2024?? I am looking... | Feb 27, 2025 @ 11:49pm Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| trail | If the stars align, I plan to ride this one of... | Feb 4, 2025 @ 3:29pm Feb 4, 2025 | ||
| trail | half the trail is in extremly bad condition... | Jun 30, 2024 @ 5:50am Jun 30, 2024 | ||
| trail | 35.280283, 25.075297 this is the starting... | Nov 27, 2023 @ 12:16am Nov 27, 2023 |
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Epic Ride 50k2 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
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| BMX/DIRT/SKATE (paralia) | skill park | Heraklion | |
| ΒΜΧ RACING - 4X Olympic Track | skill park | Heraklion |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | activity logs |
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| Mountain Bike | 39 | 39 miles | 23,251 ft | 29 miles | 3,389 ft | 119 | 21 | 2 | 7,710 | |||
| E-Bike | 21 | 18 miles | 11,473 ft | 14 miles | 3,389 ft | 15 | 1 | 501 | ||||
| Gravel Bike | 8 | 10 miles | 3,812 ft | 7 miles | 1,821 ft | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Adaptive Bike | 4 | 4 miles | 784 ft | 2 miles | 1,719 ft | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Winter Fat Bike | 1 | 1,014 ft | 52 ft | 1,014 ft | 52 ft | |||||||
| Horse | 1 | 1,627 ft | 157 ft | 1,342 ft | 144 ft | 5 | ||||||
| Hike | 34 | 35 miles | 21,181 ft | 27 miles | 3,376 ft | 19 | 1,796 | |||||
| Trail Running | 33 | 33 miles | 20,197 ft | 26 miles | 3,376 ft | 19 | 64 |
Activities
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- By grshindig & contributors
- Admins: haristheodoropoulos, mikesf, grshindig
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- crete activity log | embed map of Crete mountain bike trails | crete mountain biking points of interest
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