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Calories burned hiking?

pbandbananas1996
pbandbananas1996 Posts: 29 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So I hiked 7.5 miles today in 3 and a half hours. I'm 5'10 and weigh about 145 pounds. About half of the hike was uphill and half downhill. The calculators I've used say I burned anywhere from 400-600 calories, but, although I'm pretty sore and tired, I just don't feel like that's right. I decided to log it as walking for 2 hours because 300 calories sounded more accurate, but what do you guys think?

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    You low-balled it. Depending on the duration of time you were walking uphill, the grade of the uphill walk, and any load you were carrying, you could indeed have burned 600.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
    The best calculator that I've found for hiking calories is www.hikingscience.blogspot.com. You put in your weight, distance, elevation gain and it gives you a pretty accurate burn.
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