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Cerro Pan de Azúcar
| Cerro Pan de Azúcar Has anyone ever climbed Sugar Loaf Hill? I'm not a serious climber. I just like to see what there is to see and get exercise. I know this is the highest hill in Piriápolis and it's also emblematic. |
| We walked up to the stair for one of those hills, but not Sugar Loaf... El Toro I think. Someone told it was a couple blocks... but the hike from the coast to the stairs was enough to wear us out so we never made it to the top. Did make it to the top of Pan de Azúcar in Rio, but cheated and didn't walk. |
| Wow! The hills have stairs? So you're not doing a hard trek up the side of the hill? Instead it's a steep climb up steps? Either way, it sounds tough. |
| I have always heard of Sugar Loaf Hill but I was not aware until now that it was in Uruguay. That's funny how you get an image in your mind and my image always showed it to be somewhere in the United States. I find that funny now. Do you have any pictures of this area? It sounds like it is quite a climb whether it be hiking up the hill or climbing up the stairs. |
| The famous Pan de Azúcar or Sugar Loaf, the one in the James Bond movie is in Rio (Brazil). |
| I haven't heard much about before. It would be interesting to see. I don't think I would be up for the climb just yet. |
| I have done the climb twice before. It has been a couple years but I remember it only taking about an hour or two. I am not a skilled hiker by any means, but I remember the trail being well marked with swichbacks and only moderatly steep at places. We accessed the trail from the nature preserve at the base and at the top is a large cross that you could climb up and take pictures from inside. The view was beautiful and totaly worth the climb but if you are planning a visit in the summer I would sugest starting earlier in the day as it can get quite hot. |
| The Pan de Azúcar hill is about 430 meters and is not a few blocks from the Toro hill. Is much much farther. It's not that easy to climb. It's not that unusual that people get lost or don't know how to descend when the sun sets. The hill also has sharp dangerous cliffs. People are advised to climb during the day light time and to take cell phones with them, so as they can call for help in any case (accident, getting lost, etc.). |
| Yeah! Always take a cell phone when you are roughing it... GPS too.. but you better learn to climb trees like a monkey so you can get a GPS signal when you are lost deep in the forest! hahahah |
| Hmm this "sugar loaf" sounds interesting. Can you provide an image for us here at the forum? and maybe information about it. I am planning to spend my Christmas vacation touring the globe. |
| I just went up this cerro twice; last week and the week before. I happen to be training for an adventure race so I did it with my GPS watch (Garmin Forerunner 405) so you can see the whole path. Make sure you click the satellite view to see the terrain. It's not a hard climb. With my dad (age: 69) it took us 1:15 up and 1:15 down. It's more effort on the way up, but it's pretty technical on the way down and you have to be careful not to fall and hurt yourself on the rocks. Last week I went up with my wife and did 45 min up and 45 down. There is a huge reinforced steel cross at the top you can climb up. Built in the 1930's, but still in decent condition. A little scary when you're in there because it looks OLD and the wind blow pretty strong, but cool nonetheless. |
| if i was interested in starting to climb what would be a good way to get stated. What equipment would I need to buy, and what would be a good first thing to climb? |
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