Ski
Center
The
Helmos Ski Center lies 14 km. from Kalavrita on the main peak of Helmos.
It
has two lifts to an equal number of lodges and slopes.
Lift
A goes up to 1800 meters, while Lift B serves the higher peak (2,440 m.).
From
the higher lodge one can see the Gulf of Corinth, gleaming like a huge
lake; from the ridge of the mountain, Neraidorachi, almost the whole Peloponnese
lies at your feet.
It
is from Neraidorachi that one makes the descent to the waters of the river
Styx.According to myth, the Styx marked the entrance to Hades.
Its
parents were Night and Erebus. Today the locals call it "Mavroneri" (Black
Water), because of its colour in the depths of the ravine where it flows.The
ancient Greeks believed it to be the fountain of immortality of the gods |
