Elatochori Ski Centre
Elatochori Ski Centre lies in the municipality of Katerini (regional unit Pieria, Central Macedonia). OpenStreetMap maps 3 lifts and 14 pistes, with 10.9 km of piste measured on OpenStreetMap's lines (not the centre's official figure). The nearest town with a page is Velvendos, 12.9 km away in a straight line.
What it is
What the map and open data show, with the source of each row. The page name is based on the name OpenStreetMap gives the ski centre's mapped point.
| Item | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Ski centre: the lifts and pistes of one area | OpenStreetMap; lifts and pistes inside the winter-sports area or within 2,000 m of it, or within 2,000 m of each other, belong to one centre |
| Lifts | 3 | OpenStreetMap, aerialway tag |
| Pistes | 14 | OpenStreetMap, piste:type tag |
| Piste length | 10.9 km | measured on OpenStreetMap's lines (downhill, cross-country and sled); not the centre's official figure |
| Operator | – | not recorded |
| Website | – | not recorded |
| Wikidata item | – | no item for the centre |
Opening times and season, prices and snow conditions change and we do not know them; this page does not state them. Ask the operator before a visit.
Lifts by kind
The lifts are lines tagged aerialway in OpenStreetMap. Each length was measured along the lift's mapped line; it is not the lift's official length or vertical rise. 2.4 km in all.
| Kind | Number | Named | Mapped length |
|---|---|---|---|
| chair lifts | 1 | 1 | 1.1 km |
| drag lifts and T-bars | 2 | 2 | 1.3 km |
| Name | Kind | Mapped length |
|---|---|---|
| Apollon | drag lift | 0.6 km |
| Dias | chair lift | 1.1 km |
| Ermis | drag lift | 0.6 km |
Pistes by difficulty
The pistes are lines tagged piste:type in OpenStreetMap and the difficulty is what the mappers wrote (piste:difficulty), not the centre's own grading. The length was measured on OpenStreetMap's lines: a piste mapped twice is counted twice, and a piste mapped as an area (no line) is not counted.
| Difficulty | Pistes | Mapped length |
|---|---|---|
| novice | 4 | 5.1 km |
| easy | 6 | 3.7 km |
| intermediate | 3 | 1.9 km |
| advanced | 1 | 0.2 km |
| Name | Kind | Difficulty | Mapped length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Κλειώ | downhill | easy | 0.9 km |
| Κλειώ | downhill | intermediate | 0.6 km |
| Κλειώ | downhill | advanced | 0.2 km |
Where it lies and which settlements are near
The municipality comes from the municipal boundaries of OpenStreetMap. Distances are in a straight line, not driving distances; on a mountain the road is usually much longer.
The page's point is in the municipality of Katerini; lifts and pistes also lie in the municipalities of Katerini and Veria.
Nearest villages and towns
| Place | Kind | Distance | Height (OSM) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velvendos | town | 12.9 km | – |
| Livadi | town | 20.4 km | – |
| Nea Lava | village | 21.0 km | 440 m |
| Kastania | village | 21.5 km | 980 m |
| Vergina | village | 22.0 km | 182 m |
No source gives the centre's highest point, so no height difference is worked out.
Mountain huts and trails nearby
From OpenStreetMap. Every distance is in a straight line. This page does not describe routes, difficulty or conditions.
Mountain huts and shelters
| Name | Kind | Operator | Distance | Height | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καταφύγιο ΣΕΟ Κατερίνης Σαρακατσάνα | alpine hut | ΣΕΟ Κατερίνης | 4.1 km | 1,691 m | 80 |
| Καταφύγιο ΣΕΟ Κοζάνης | alpine hut | ΣΕΟ Κοζάνης | 8.1 km | 1,946 m | 80 |
| Καταφύγιο ΕΟΣ Κατερίνης | alpine hut | ΕΟΣ Κατερίνης | 8.3 km | 1,018 m | 60 |
A hut on the map does not mean it is open, staffed or available; ask its operator about opening times, bookings and condition.
Hiking trails
- E4 European long-distance pathinternational, 1869 km, 500 m from the point
Trails with a page on this site whose line passes within 4 km of the centre's point, in a straight line. It does not mean the trail leads to the centre or is passable in winter.
Nearest airport
In a straight line from the centre's point, not a driving distance or a journey time. This page does not describe roads, snow chains or transfers.
| Airport | IATA code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kozani National Airport | KZI | 31.3 km |
Places nearby
Pages of this site, in a straight line and on the same side of the water, nearest first.
Sights
- BallaArchaeological site, 15.5 km
- Kallipetra MonasteryMonastery, 16.5 km
- Saint John the Baptist Monastery, VeriaMonastery, 17.0 km
Peaks
- Golenmountain 1,210 m, 11.7 km
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset at the point the map shows, for the 15th of each month, in Greek time (Europe/Athens). Calculated with the standard solar-geometry formula for a flat horizon; terrain and cloud are not taken into account. On north-facing slopes or under a summit the shade comes earlier.
| Month | Day length | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6 h | 07:51 | 17:27 |
| February | 10.7 h | 07:25 | 18:04 |
| March | 11.9 h | 06:44 | 18:36 |
| April | 13.2 h | 06:54 | 20:08 |
| May | 14.4 h | 06:15 | 20:38 |
| June | 15.0 h | 06:00 | 21:01 |
| July | 14.8 h | 06:13 | 21:00 |
| August | 13.8 h | 06:41 | 20:30 |
| September | 12.5 h | 07:10 | 19:42 |
| October | 11.2 h | 07:40 | 18:53 |
| November | 10.0 h | 07:16 | 17:15 |
| December | 9.3 h | 07:46 | 17:05 |
Climate of the nearest settlement
This section is about Velvendos, the nearest settlement with a page, not about the pistes, which lie higher. It says nothing about snow.
| Month | Mean temperature (°C) | Rain (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6 | 46 |
| February | 2.2 | 42 |
| March | 5.9 | 48 |
| April | 10.2 | 44 |
| May | 15.6 | 51 |
| June | 20.7 | 41 |
| July | 23.9 | 32 |
| August | 23.8 | 30 |
| September | 18.4 | 52 |
| October | 12.8 | 58 |
| November | 7.2 | 50 |
| December | 2.0 | 63 |
NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 32 km from the settlement (a grid of about 50 km). Monthly averages from a regional model, not station readings and not a forecast.
Mountain safety
In an emergency call 112, the European emergency number. For information, training and the mountaineering clubs, the federation is the Hellenic Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (ΕΟΟΑ).
What this page does not say
This page states no opening dates, hours, prices, tickets, snow conditions or season. These change every year and only the operator knows them. The lifts and pistes shown are those volunteers have mapped in OpenStreetMap: some may be missing, removed or not running this season.
How the facts were put together
The lifts and pistes are OpenStreetMap lines (ODbL, Geofabrik snapshot 24 Sep 2026, processed 10 Oct 2026): lifts tagged aerialway (chair, drag, T-bar, platter, gondola, cable car, magic carpet, rope tow) and pistes tagged piste:type (downhill, cross-country, sled). A centre groups those inside the winter-sports area (landuse=winter_sports) or within 2,000 m of it; those that belong to no area are grouped when a point of one line lies within 2,000 m of a point of another. A centre has a page when it has a name that a source supports (the map or Wikidata), a point in a Greek municipality and at least 2 lifts or 2 km of mapped piste.
The length of each lift and piste is the length of its line on the map, worked out on the original OpenStreetMap nodes; it is neither the official length nor the vertical drop. The difficulty is the mappers' piste:difficulty tag. A height appears only where a station or lift end carries an ele tag, or a Wikidata item has an elevation. The operator and website appear only where OpenStreetMap writes them; we never open an operator's website.
Wikidata has no item for this centre, so the page takes no labels or links from it.
The towns, mountains, trails and airports are pages of this site; distances are in a straight line, not road kilometres. The mountain is the nearest peak with a page within 10 km of the centre's point, huts are within 10 km and a trail appears when its line passes within 4 km. The page's point is the mapped lift end or piste start nearest the middle of the centre.
See also
- Katerini Municipalitymunicipality
- Veria Municipalitymunicipality
- Pieriaregional unit
- Imathiaregional unit
- Central Macedoniaregion
- All ski centreslist
- Mountains and peakslist
- Hiking trailslist
- Natura 2000 siteslist
- Regions of Greecelist
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.
- OpenStreetMap: ski lifts, pistes and winter-sports areasOpenStreetMap contributors, via a Geofabrik snapshot · Geofabrik snapshot of 24 September 2026 · Date:
- OpenStreetMap: peak elevations, mountain huts and hiking routesOpenStreetMap contributors, via a Geofabrik snapshot · Geofabrik snapshot of 24 September 2026 · Date:
- Monthly climate normalsNASA POWER, MERRA-2 meteorological model · 2001–2020 climatology period returned by NASA POWER · Date:
- Everyday places, tourism, transport and natureOpenStreetMap contributors, via the Overpass API · Live database at the time of the query · Date:
- The main point or area in OpenStreetMap (link only)OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
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