 The Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway is a rack railway, offering passenger service as well.There are two skiing resorts, one on the Panachaicus west of the mountain top (elevation around 1700 m) east of Patras, it will be Nafpaktos's closest because of the new bridge (mid-2004) and the other on Aroania, sometimes still called Chelmos, near Kalavrita.It is Kalavrita's closest resort.