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Live destinations with full research: Nepal, Ladakh & Zanskar, Pakistan (Karakoram), Lanín, Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado & the Puna 6Ks, Bariloche, El Chaltén, Torres del Paine, Huayhuash, Cusco & Inca Trail, Pyrenees, Benasque, Chamonix / TMB, Dolomites, Bernese Oberland, Interlaken, Austrian Tyrol, Kilimanjaro, Colorado 14ers, Virginia Appalachians, Denali, Hawai'i, Grand Canyon, Arches & Canyonlands, Yellowstone, New Zealand Great Walks, Iceland, Japanese Alps, Indonesia, Krasnoyarsk Pillars (Столбы), Egypt. Additional destinations are in research — see the homepage at https://jtreks.co for the full upcoming list.

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Aconcagua · 6,961 m · real elevation data

The highest walk
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The highest point on earth outside the Himalaya, and a walk rather than a climb. Its south face runs 3,000 m from the Horcones glacier to the summit; avalanches off it carry as far as Confluencia at night.

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The south face of Aconcagua seen from the Horcones moraine below it, the summit flaring in sun — The same wall, from its foot. Photo Julián Irigoyen.

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Sunrise from the upper slopes of Lanín, two lenticular clouds over the range, snow and volcanic rock in the foreground with an ice axe and pack

BIM (Refugio Naranja)

Two lenticulars at first light

06:11, above the refugios. Sunrise put the whole lake district in silhouette and lit two lenticular clouds directly over the range.

Panning across the high camp at Refugio CAJA on Lanín, guy wires anchored into volcanic rock, the Andes and lakes below in evening light

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Himalaya

Everest

8,849mNepal / China

Route + camps

Andes

Aconcagua

6,961mArgentina

Route + camps

Andes

Fitz Roy

3,405mArgentina

Route + camps

Andes

Torres del Paine

2,884mChile

Route + camps

Andes

Tronador

3,491mArgentina / Chile

Route + camps

Andes

Lanín

3,776mArgentina / Chile

Tre Cime di Lavaredo satellite terrain view

Route + camps

Dolomites

Tre Cime di Lavaredo

2,999mItaly

Route + camps

Lesser Sunda Islands

Rinjani

3,726mIndonesia

Himalaya

Annapurna I

8,091mNepal

Karakoram

K2

8,611mPakistan / China

Himalaya

Kangchenjunga

8,586mNepal / India

Himalaya

Lhotse

8,516mNepal / China

Himalaya

Makalu

8,485mNepal / China

Himalaya

Dhaulagiri

8,167mNepal

Himalaya

Manaslu

8,163mNepal

Himalaya

Nanga Parbat

8,126mPakistan

Himalaya

Ama Dablam

6,812mNepal

Andes

Cerro Torre

3,128mArgentina

Andes

Huayna Potosí

6,088mBolivia

Andes

Cotopaxi

5,897mEcuador

Andes

Ojos del Salado

6,893mArgentina / Chile

Andes

Huascarán

6,768mPeru

Andes

Domuyo

4,709mArgentina

Andes

Cerro El Plata

5,968mArgentina

Alps

Mont Blanc

4,809mFrance / Italy

Alps

Matterhorn

4,478mSwitzerland / Italy

Alps

Eiger

3,967mSwitzerland

Alps

Gran Paradiso

4,061mItaly

Alps

Großglockner

3,798mAustria

Alps

Jungfrau

4,158mSwitzerland

Julian Alps

Triglav

2,864mSlovenia

East Africa

Kilimanjaro

5,895mTanzania

East Africa

Mount Kenya

5,199mKenya

Balkans

Mount Olympus

2,917mGreece

Atlas

Toubkal

4,167mMorocco

Alaska Range

Denali

6,190mUSA

Cascades

Mount Rainier

4,392mUSA

Sierra Nevada

Mount Whitney

4,421mUSA

Saint Elias

Mount Logan

5,959mCanada

Caucasus

Elbrus

5,642mRussia

Caucasus

Kazbek

5,033mGeorgia

Southern Alps

Aoraki / Mount Cook

3,724mNew Zealand

Fuji Volcanic Zone

Mount Fuji

3,776mJapan

Tengger Massif

Bromo

2,329mIndonesia

Bali

Agung

3,031mIndonesia

Sumbawa

Tambora

2,850mIndonesia

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Volcán Lanín — Guided Ascent

Scroll the summit day hour by hour, 02:00 to 10:00. The sky lightens as you gain the cone, and the surveyed Tromen route draws itself up the slope as far as you have climbed.

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Aconcagua — Ruta 360 Traverse

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Nepal

Everest, Annapurna, Langtang

Evidence-based research on Nepal trekking, from helicopter-rescue fraud and permit bureaucracy to costs, altitude, and the major trekking corridors. Sources and update dates are linked inline.

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Dolomites

Alta Via 1, via ferrata, Tre Cime, rifugio culture

Dolomites hiking — the Alta Via 1 and 2, via ferrata routes, and the densest rifugio network in the Alps. 900 years of pastoral alpine culture turned into a hut-to-hut walk where the infrastructure is the experience and the booking window is the real crux. Sources and update dates are linked inline.

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european alps

Chamonix / TMB

Tour du Mont Blanc, Haute Route, Mer de Glace

Chamonix and the Tour du Mont Blanc — the 170km circuit through France, Italy, and Switzerland that is the single most popular multi-day trek in Europe. Refuge booking windows that close 6 months ahead, the Haute Route to Zermatt, Mer de Glace retreat, and the CHF/EUR pricing split that doubles your daily cost when you cross into Switzerland. Sources and update dates are linked inline.

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Two lenticulars at first light

Great Summits

Everest

Aconcagua

Fitz Roy

Torres del Paine

Tronador

Lanín

Tre Cime di Lavaredo

Rinjani

Annapurna I

K2

Kangchenjunga

Lhotse

Makalu

Dhaulagiri

Manaslu

Nanga Parbat

Ama Dablam

Cerro Torre

Huayna Potosí

Cotopaxi

Ojos del Salado

Huascarán

Domuyo

Cerro El Plata

Mont Blanc

Matterhorn

Eiger

Gran Paradiso

Großglockner

Jungfrau

Triglav

Kilimanjaro

Mount Kenya

Mount Olympus

Toubkal

Denali

Mount Rainier

Mount Whitney

Mount Logan

Elbrus

Kazbek

Aoraki / Mount Cook

Mount Fuji

Bromo

Agung

Tambora

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Volcán Lanín — Guided Ascent

Aconcagua — Ruta 360 Traverse

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Nepal

Dolomites

Chamonix / TMB

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Alta Via 2 — Dolomites

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Last light at the yellow refugio

3,776 m, three hours forty after sunrise

Torres del Paine — W Trek

Austrian Tyrol — Hut to Hut

Mont Blanc — Goûter Route

White Desert — Bahariya Overnight

Bariloche — Frey–Jakob Traverse

Monte Tronador — Pico Argentino

Nahuel Huapi Full Traverse

Patagonia Backcountry Ski Week

Volcán Lanín — Guided Ascent

Aconcagua — Ruta 360 Traverse

Alta Via 1 — Self-Guided Cohort

Via Alpina Bernese — 5-Day Cohort

Huemul Circuit — Self-Guided Cohort

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