The first glacial evidence in the mountains of Crete was reported in the 80s and specifically on Mt Idi (Psiloritis, 2456m a.s.l.). Until recently, the claimed presence of a cirque with moraines at an altitude of just ca. 1945 m a.s.l. has been disregarded as too low to be glacial in origin. However, new evidence from the mountains of central Greece suggest that glaciers developed even in mountains which do not exceed 1800m in altitude. As regards the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) Nemec and Postma (1993) in their study ‘Quaternary alluvial fans in SW Crete’ claim that there are “much compelling geomorphic indication of probable cirque glaciers or an ice cap with glaciers” without providing any further details. They studied the alluvial fans in the south piedmont of the massif and argued that they were formed by large fluvial discharges associated with ice cap wastage in the White Mountains. The fans were dated to Middle Pleistocene with Uranium series. It is noted though that several later geomorphological studies do not report glacial deposits or landforms in the White Mountains.