October 2025

Most hikers burn 2,500–4,500 calories per day on trail; body size, pack weight, terrain, and hours walked drive the total.

Uphill hiking burns roughly 430–900 calories per hour, depending on grade, speed, body weight, pack, and heat.

A mile of hiking burns about 90–230 calories, rising with body weight, grade, pack, and pace.

One hour of hiking typically burns 300–700+ calories, depending on weight, grade, pace, and pack load.

Mountain hiking burns about 420–700+ calories per hour, based on weight, incline, pack load, pace, and altitude.

Calories burned on a 10-mile hike vary by weight, pace, grade, and pack; expect roughly 700–2,600 in total.

Hiking for one hour typically burns 300–700 calories, depending on body weight, trail grade, pace, and pack load.

Two hours on typical trails burns ~700–1,300 calories, shaped by body weight, grade, pace, and pack weight.

During hiking, most adults burn about 300–600 calories per hour, depending on body weight, speed, elevation, and pack load.

Uphill hiking uses MET × weight (kg) × hours; steep grades are ~6–9 METs, so a 70-kg hiker burns about 420–630 kcal per hour.