The volcanic mountain summits of Ecuador
Provide easy access to high-altitude climbing with their peaks reaching over
20.697 ft. (6.310m). Ecuador's glacier-covered mountains straddle the equatorial zone of the planet providing relatively warm mountaineering environments and a variety of technical climbing challenges
. The Andes is the world's second highest mountain range, spanning from
Colombia to the tip of
Patagonia in southern
Chile.
Conically shaped
Cotopaxi is Ecuador's most popular mountain to climb. Technically easy, yet approaching
19.000 ft, this mountain has set personal altitude records for thousands of climbers.