Pichincha (volcano)
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to September; start early before afternoon clouds roll in
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The active volcano that looms directly over Quito, its Rucu summit reachable in a half-day hike from the top of the city's cable car. The higher Guagua crater still steams from its 1999 eruption, and clear mornings reward hikers with a line-up of snowcapped peaks along the Avenue of the Volcanoes.
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