What is the hardest hike in South America?

Well, Laguna 69 tops that and takes the crown for the hardest day hike. This awesome but challenging day hike from Huaraz has you hiking only 12 kilometers but climbing 800 meters (2,600 feet) in elevation from 3,800 (12,500 feet) meters to 4,600 meters (15,100 feet.)



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The Greater Patagonian Trail The GPT is already the largest trail in South America by far. No other trail on the continent extends beyond 500 miles. When completed, the GPT will rival both the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail in scope and beauty.

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The Inca Trail, Peru The most iconic trail hiking South America, the Inca Trail is a route that takes visitors through some of the most beautiful high Andes scenery on the way to the historic site of Machu Picchu.

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At nearly 7,000 m (23,000 ft), Aconcagua is the highest peak outside of Asia. It is believed to have the highest death rate of any mountain in South America — around three a year — which has earned it the nickname Mountain of Death. More than 100 people have died on Aconcagua since records began.

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Salkantay Trek Of all the treks leading up to the world-famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the Salkantay Trek is the most challenging–and the most beautiful.

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Typically hikers find that Mount Kilimanjaro is a harder hike than the Classic Inca Trail Route. This is mostly due to the difference in elevations. The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro stands at 19,342 feet (5,895 meters), while the highest point of the Classic Inca Trail Route is 13,828 feet (4,215 meters).

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What is the Machu Picchu trek difficulty? The difficulty of the Classic Inca Trail is considered to be a moderate level hike. The classic Inca Trail Route is 43 km (26 mi) long and often steep, you will hike over four days at an elevation nearing 13,828 feet (4,215 meters).

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Mont Blanc (4808m) is harder than Aconcagua (6960m) and much harder than Kilimanjaro (5895m) The effort required on summit day exceeds that of running a marathon.

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Now, K2 is either the most or 2nd most difficult 8000er at the least (Annapurna is more dangerous but K2 is considered harder) and K2 has the 2nd least amount of oxygen of any peak on Earth.

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While gear lists and physical training are similar for climbing both peaks, K2 is widely considered a more technically challenging and dangerous mountain to climb than Everest.

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