Climbing the Lanin Volcano in 2 days

We will meet up the day before to check our equipment and to wrap up details. You can also rent your equipment in the city.

We will leave early (6 or 7 AM). We will drive to the base of the volcano for 1,5 hours. Once at the foot of the mountain (1100 m), we’ll register and finish packing our backpacks before starting to climb. Around 9 am we’ll be walking towards the hut. For the first hour we’ll walk through the woods and then over volcanic ground with medium-to-steep slopes. After a 4-hour hike we’ll first arrive at a 2300-meter-high mountain refuge and then at the second one at 2600 meters, where we’ll spend the night.

We’ll wake up really early, at about 2 am for a hot breakfast. We’ll be leaving at around 3 am. The hike to the peak is slow but steady (6 or 7 hours). We’ll walk over snow covered grounds with no signed paths. We should also use crampons and hiking poles. Once we are at 3000 meters in a large plateau, we’ll be able to see the most breathtaking sunrise. From this point on, the climb becomes tougher, while we travel through what is known as “the trough”, a steadily steep slope. Once the trough is behind us we’ll only be an hour away from the top. After a 20-minute break at the summit, we’ll begin the descent which is also quite hard.