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Rucu Pichincha – Climbing Notes

Rucu Pichincha climbing notes shared by Mountain-Forecast users

  • June 25, 2025
    mmaya from Ecuador

    Sunday 6.22.2025
    Got to the Teleferico station at 0800hrs and there was already a line to buy tickets to head up.
    We hit the trail at around 0845hrs and reached the summit about 2.5 hrs later. As we were making our way up the fog/clouds started closing in pretty quickly, which made it a bit difficult to figure out which way to go (sure, All Trails provides a route, but the last 0.3 miles is mostly scrambling).
    We reached the summit with the guidance of a local who makes it up every weekend.
    The summit was windy, to be expected at those elevations, and made our way back down after a 15 minute break.
    The way down was definitely easier, with regard to knowing which rocky path to head down towards.

    All in all, this is a great hike to acclimate when taking on higher summits in Ecuador.

  • July 28, 2016
    Chandra from Canada

    This is very interesting information board. I sure want to know how difficult it is to summit when you are nearing the top. Is there a safe way to get up there? Or should one hire a mountain guide who can lead you in a safe manner to the top by providing safety harness support. Photos of the difficulty if posted would be wonderful. One would have to acclimatize before attempting such a climb. How about letting Trip Advisor know about this bulletin board?

  • August 18, 2013
    Sebastian from Ecuador

    Hi, I am interested in having adventures. how can I get info?