Hill Walking (hiking)

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libbles
libbles Posts: 6 Member
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Any one know how many calories are burned on a hike? Or how to calculate it accurately? Say 4/5 hours, with a summit of 2,000ft and about 11 miles? Its estimated nearly 3000 on here and that seems like way too many? I've googled it and it says anywhere between 350-900 an hour- a bit too big of range for me!

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  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
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    If you don't have a HRM...that's when I only eat back half of my exercise calories. If you eat them all ( which would be alot in this case) you will probably eating to many.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
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    I hiked ten miles with about 1800 feet of elevation in 4.5 hours, wearing my HRM the whole time. It said I burned 2850 calories. I know backpackers burn 5000-7000 calories a day, easily!

    Of course, calorie burn will vary based on your weight, how heavy your pack is, how challenging the terrain is, etc.
  • snickerpants
    snickerpants Posts: 44 Member
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    I don't think that's an unreasonable caloric burn. Sounds like a great time. Make sure you take your GPS for geocaching!

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