Hiking & Treking

22 Most Dangerous Hiking Trails Ranked

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#17 Huayna Picchu, Peru

While the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu takes a few casualties each year, it’s the Huayna Picchu, “Hike of Death,” that poses the greatest threat. The trail elevates a thousand feet in less than a mile. Rotting and crumbling rock are just a couple of obstacles you’re sure to face should you take this route.

Stairs of an Inca trail up Macchu Picchu mountain with the lost city way below. Machhu Picchu is the famous lost city of the Incas near the river Urubamba located in the region of the sacred valley of

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