Now published as a full colour guide, this new edition supersedes and expands Cicerone"s original guide to The White Mountains, with additional routes, photographs and information for the Psiloritis and Lassithi ranges, and new mapping.With an agreeable climate, an amazing landscape, a history stretching back to the start of civilization, Crete, with its proud but friendly people, makes an outstanding destination. Rising to 2,453 meters, the White Mountains are the jewel of Crete"s six mountain ranges. The guide comprises extensive hiking and trekking from the five main trekking centers which are Omalos, Askyfou, Anopolis, northern foothills and the south coast. There are forty-nine hikes ranging from spectacular gorge walks and coastal hikes to strenuous ascents of the main peaks. Six mountain ranges make up the backbone of the island, but quite the best is the Lefka Ori, or White Mountains, where several peaks rise to over 2,100m (7,000ft).