30/01/2022
GRAMOS: village of Gramos - Gumpel - Gistova
By AnaDigit
The route from the village of Gramos to Lake Gistova via the Gubel ridge gives us the opportunity to dwell a little on the landscape and history of the great mountain complex of Gramos.
Gramos is radically different from its other brothers, the big mountains of the Balkans, with which it matches in size and height. With a landscape more reminiscent of an alpine field than a Greek dry land, it invites the visitor to long tours and wanderings.
In terms of morphology, the most characteristic feature of the Gramos is the dozens of sub-alpine lakes, full of newts or unusual plants. In the gentle relief of the plutonic rocks, large masses of limestone stand out, witnesses to the painful tectonic genesis of Pindos.
Like all great mountain ranges, this child of Pindos stood as a barrier between two civilizations: the glorious Greek world and the slow land of Illyria. Sometimes, however, the natural barrier also became a natural refuge, a corridor of life and hope. Slavic-sounding place names speak of the tribes of these transitional zones, outgrowths of the ferment of our ancient peninsula. A little further on, the relics of the prolonged World War II - abry, iron, memories - still haunt the place.
Thus, the route from the village of Gramos to Lake Gistova through the successive rifts of Gubel, Mutseli and Sakuli balances on one of the most illegible lines in our recent history.
After a pleasant march along the boundary line, we arrive at Gistova, which in late May remains ambivalent about when it will shed its winter clothes and adorn itself with the daffodils and violets of its new adolescence.
From Gistova, we will take the long road to the village of Gramos, on the trail of an old path that was recently widened.
Η πορεία από το χωριό Γράμος προς τη λίμνη Γκιστόβα μέσω της ράχης Γκούμπελ, μας χαρίζει την ευκαιρία να σταθούμε λίγο πάνω στο τοπίο και την ιστορία του μεγ...