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A branch of the E4 Trail is signposted at the north end of the saddle (see ssss1). This is an unfrequented shepherds’ path that undulates across steep crags and scree, forming a Grade D shortcut route to Koustoyerako (Walk 6). Another signpost (2014) warns of the danger of descending into the Tripiti Gorge. There are cliffs and crags lower down making it impassable to the south coast.

Southwards, splintered paths continue up from the saddle. On the first section, which is steep, when bare rock takes over from heathland it is easier to climb up more solid rock a little to the right. A spindly fence surrounds a dangerous karst hole in the rocks. The route, marked with vertical standing stones designed to show above snow in the spring, levels out before climbing again and rocks are variously waymarked; in general the route bears left at this stage. The tiny white chapel of Profitis Elias Tripitis is in view far below, to the west, on a crag where the Tripiti Gorge meets the sea near Souyia (Trek 10). Once above the rocks the footpath levels out again, zigzagging up less steeply.