The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
27.4 miles 7 milestones 30 day goal Km 82, the Trailhead → Machu Picchu
Milestones
- Patallacta3.1 mi leg3.1 mi
- Wayllabamba4.4 mi leg7.5 mi
- Dead Woman's Pass5.5 mi leg13 mi
- Pacaymayo1.4 mi leg14.4 mi
- Wiñay Wayna9.9 mi leg24.3 mi
- Inti Punku, the Sun Gate1.9 mi leg26.2 mi
- Machu Picchu1.2 mi leg27.4 mi
The road.
The Inca laid these stones five centuries ago, and the trail from Km 82 still walks their line: past the terraces of Patallacta three miles in, up the valley to Wayllabamba, and then the climb.