CRETE ARISING

With its beautiful beaches and warm seas, the island of Crete ranks as one of the top summer holiday spots in the world. Few people realize however that Crete is full of mountains and that, in winter, it receives abundant snowfall. Concerned that the mega-industry of summer tourism has begun to alter the fabric of the island and the Cretan culture, a group of mountaineers set about to organize the first ever winter ski mountaineering race on the island: ‘Pierra Creta.’