October 2025

On a typical trail, a 70-kg hiker burns about 420–490 calories per hour; grade, pack weight, pace, and altitude shift that number.

A 10-mile hike burns about 1,200–2,600 calories for most adults; weight, pace, elevation, and pack load change the total.

Calories burned from hiking range from about 300–700 per hour for most adults, depending on body weight, pace, terrain, and pack.

Calories burned during hiking depend on weight, pace, grade, distance, and pack; use MET × body weight × time to estimate.

Hiking uphill burns roughly 6–12 METs—about 300–900 calories per hour for 70–90 kg hikers, depending on grade, pace, and pack.

Estimate hiking calories with METs: calories/min = MET × 3.5 × weight(kg) ÷ 200.

Hiking typically burns 300–600 calories per hour, depending on weight, pace, terrain, and pack load.

A 70-kg hiker burns about 420–700 calories per hour on uphill hiking, depending on grade, speed, and pack weight.

Yes, you can estimate calories for hiking a mile using METs, your body weight, pace, terrain, and any pack weight.

A six-mile hike burns ~600–1,200 calories for most adults, changing with body weight, pace, elevation, and pack load.