{"id":1627,"date":"2025-02-24T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2026-06-28T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:28:49","slug":"ecuador-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/2025\/02\/ecuador-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two weeks climbing in and touring around Ecuador, Feb 4&#8211;21 2025<br>Six climbers, two American guides, four local guides, and a bus driver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountains climbed in addition to other substantial hikes&#8212;<br>Rucu Pichincha (15400ft)<br>Cayambe (19000ft)<br>Cotopaxi (19300ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chimborazo (20500ft) we had to bail on as it was raining\/snowing for days and the avalanche risk was excessive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caltopo.com\/m\/EDK105L\">https:\/\/caltopo.com\/m\/EDK105L<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-398x300.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-1536x1159.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU-795x600.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/980MU.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami Airport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A place of high class retail and robotic wheelchairs.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom2\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-0\" 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22240%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20240%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250204_225643294-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1657\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"375\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250204_225643294-scaled\/3717374126.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22375%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20375%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250205_042458827-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1658\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"399\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250205_042458827-scaled\/2752078005.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22399%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20399%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quito (9,000ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous markers and tourist spots on the ostensible equator<br>Overlooking the downtown and in the main church<br>Some fruit that took an awful lot of work to peel for what was basically a single grape<br>A &#8220;Philly Cheesesteak&#8221; in a vegan restaurant in town<br>Quail eggs on sale at numerous locations alongside chicken eggs<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_1.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_1.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_003122623-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1668\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"169\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_003122623-scaled\/481369114.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22169%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20169%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rucu Pichincha (15,400ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old Person Pichincha, an inactive peak on Pichincha volcano adjacent to Quito<br>A cable car takes you from Quito to a good way up the mountain, then its ~5hrs to the summit and back<br>Carunculated Caracara hanging out with us on the peak is apparently as high as they have ever been seen<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_2.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_2.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified 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class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_1935328922-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1673\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_1935328922-scaled\/2947495981.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_1941442442-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1674\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"207\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_1941442442-scaled\/2457754674.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22207%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20207%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_203353079-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1675\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"533\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250206_203353079-scaled\/1852734076.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22533%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20533%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laguna Cuicocha (11,400ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">~4hr loop around caldera lake on Cotacachi volcano<br>Of the two islands in the middle, the bigger one is known as Guinea Pig Island, just because of how it looks&#8212;sadly there are no Guinea Pigs on it<br>Several people in our group did have Guinea Pigs for dinner one night though<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_3.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_163511810-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1678\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_163511810-scaled\/2083119627.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_170201146-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1679\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_170201146-scaled\/1241931113.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/original_ce04ecf2-772d-4b61-93d4-97bd70edc20c_PXL_20250207_1712200982-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1757\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"533\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/original_ce04ecf2-772d-4b61-93d4-97bd70edc20c_PXL_20250207_1712200982-scaled\/3198316072.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22533%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20533%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intiyaya Residencia and Otavalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Town of Otavalo is famous for its market and surrounding commercial district, which cater to both tourists and locals<br>Lots of great street art around the town<br>Numerous places where you could rent time on sewing machines<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_4.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_4.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light 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data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_140745772-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1682\" 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class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_1501170712-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1685\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_1501170712-scaled\/145181506.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_150340594-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1686\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"533\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_150340594-scaled\/500128585.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22533%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20533%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_1602528082-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1687\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_1602528082-scaled\/1006230382.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cayambe (19,000ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnights at lower hut and Ruales-Oleas-Berge Climbers&#8217; Hut, then ~10hrs to &amp; from summit<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_5.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_5.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light 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class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"398\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/3_cayambe\/1912978399.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22398%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20398%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_2025201092-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1689\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250208_2025201092-scaled\/3246825152.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_5993-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1651\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/IMG_5993-scaled\/2700963723.jpg\" 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22375%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20375%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_3343-scaled.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"1645\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/IMG_3343-scaled\/715860712.jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250213_1213424482-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1717\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250213_1213424482-scaled\/33971103.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hacienda La Cienega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a hotel, originally a Spanish manse built in 1695<br>Complete with several large courtyards, its own church, and subtle fortification<br>The outer rooms conceal a ~5ft thick wall with embrasured passages to the inner spaces and rooms<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_8.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_8.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom2\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-0_8\" 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data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_1145050262-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1718\" 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data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/IMG_1694-scaled\/4220875647.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_114804512-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1719\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_114804512-scaled\/1671021261.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_120444187-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1721\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_120444187-scaled\/3643902642.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_115337158-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1720\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_115337158-scaled\/620634906.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_145209392-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1722\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"533\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_145209392-scaled\/254779587.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22533%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20533%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_145526843-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1723\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250214_145526843-scaled\/1009900497.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chimborazo Lodge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built by a mountaineer as both lodging and a private nature preserve<br>Includes its own herd of alpacas<br>Decades of mountaineering equipment on the walls and other decorations<br>Among the most recent, I used these exact boots (though in orange) until ~2023<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0_9.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0_9.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready 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class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_150932726-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1728\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_150932726-scaled\/2489495227.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1759-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1639\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/IMG_1759-scaled\/3799158126.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chimborazo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long discussions and debate in the trailhead parking lot about conditions and alternate plan(s)<br>Pouring rain on the lower sections was one thing<br>But at higher elevation several days of fresh snow raised the avalanche risk excessively<br>Other groups who&#8217;d gone up the prior couple days reported turning around quickly on the snow after slogging up through the rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250215_184053861-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1834-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1640\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/IMG_1834-scaled\/2676296075.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250217_143512691-scaled.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1742\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250217_143512691-scaled\/3584259295.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22450%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pichincha Teleferico (13,000ft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">~5hr hike in the rain from downtown Quito out into the adjacent countryside, to the top of the teleferico 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