• Date: Dec 2024.
• Location: Mount Cameroon – Buea, Cameroon.
• Difficulty: Strenuous.
• Duration: 2 Days.
• Total Distance: 24 km.
• Min. Elevation: 1,000 m.
• Summit Elevation: 4,095 m.
• Total Elevation Gain: 3,100 m.

Mount Cameroon is the Highest Mountain in West Africa. A tough 2-day hike. Very steep rocky terrain. The accommodation on the mountain was amazing! Warm cozy bed, good food and facilities.

DAY 1: BASE (1,000 m) TO HUT 2 (2,850 m)

– Distance: 8 km.
– Time: 6 hr 19 min.
– Elevation Gain: 1,850 m.

Very steep ascent through the forest and the weather was hot & humid.

DAY 2: HUT 2 (2,850 m) TO SUMMIT (4,095 m)

– Distance: 4 km
– Time: 4 hr
– Elevation Gain: 1,250 m

Very windy & cold summit.

DAY 2: SUMMIT TO BASE.

– Distance: 12 km
– Time: 9 hr 20 min
– Elevation Loss: 3,100 m

The descent was brutal on the legs.