Elona area

Elona is undoubtedly a stunning, overhanging tufa fortress, unlike anything else in the region. The sector features a long, imposing wall with a relentless 30-degree angle, demanding power and endurance. As you approach the monastery, you can’t help but admire the striking, right-slanting lines and wonder just how good the climbing must be. Spoiler alert: it is that good.
Be cautious when cleaning your route, especially on steep terrain. To avoid dangerous swings and potential ground falls, stay clipped into the first quickdraw. Lower yourself to the ground, then re-climb the initial section to safely remove the first draw.
Fortunately, the sector has been extended up to the higher right side, which now offers some of the area's best technical routes. Here, climbers can enjoy both easy and moderate lines, all on top-quality, solid limestone.
Special credit goes to Micha Schreiber, whose bolting efforts have brought some of the finest 8c routes to Elona and the greater Leonidio area.
Important Safety Note:
Many of the routes feature sections of fragile tufas. For your safety and that of others, do not stand directly below a climber, not while belaying, and not when passing by. Helmets provide limited protection; a falling tufa chunk can be dangerous no matter what. Stay alert and climb responsibly.

Panorama is a quality wall in high altitude (for Leonidio standard), afternoon shade and a view that is second to none. This is Christians and Mikes first sector and there is a reason why they picked this one at first. Climbing connoisseurs can understand that their bolting game just started to be developed but the overall impression of the sector is very good.

Nikos Kodros once took a detour from Sparta to Athens via Leonidio, curious about the unexplored rock in the area. What he discovered was a breathtaking, untouched masterpiece, an overhanging tufa wall unlike anything else in the region.
Excited by the potential, Nikos informed his friend Spiros Kouthouris, who then rallied his climbing partners Stamatis Konstantakopoulos, George Koutsoukis, and other Athenian pioneers. In 2008, this team established Elona as Leonidio’s first sport climbing sector.
Back then and until around 2016, when Micha Schreiber and Christian Wahle began further developing the area—Elona remained mostly off the radar. Micha and Christian added much needed warm-up routes, intermediate anchors, and new testpieces, helping the sector become more accessible to a wider range of climbers.
Before these additions, the route "Diet Dope" (7b) served as the warm-up for the entire wall, a tall order for most. At the time, only elite climbers were drawn to Elona’s steep, orange-white-blue striped tufa wall, and such climbers were rare in Greece. As a result, the sector saw little traffic for years.
It wasn’t until Leonidio gained popularity among international climbers that Elona began to see the attention and appreciation it truly deserved.

Panorama
Ch. Wahle and M. Schreiber started this wall already in 2013 what makes it one of the oldest sectors in Leonidio. A german guy added one line plus extension in 2018 and I finally changed some bolts in "mono dedos", "concave" and "no passaran" to make them less intimidating and added three new lines to the far left that i never tried until now and where someone stole my bolting rope plus attachment :-)