{"id":19025,"date":"2021-05-08T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/?p=19025"},"modified":"2021-06-29T02:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T06:24:17","slug":"devils-nose-scariest-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/ecuador\/devils-nose-scariest-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Devil’s Nose: Ecuador’s scariest route"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Devil’s Nose route is considered one of the most terrifying routes in Ecuador<\/b> and you’re probably wondering why.<\/p>\n

We’ll tell you everything we know about it so you’ll be as surprised as we are by its history. Will you dare to hike it on your next trip to Ecuador<\/a>?<\/p>\n

History of the route<\/h2>\n

The Devil’s Nose is a stretch of the Trans-Andean Railroad<\/b> that in the early 20th century connected Guayaquil with Quito with the aim of improving the country’s economy.<\/p>\n

The first locomotive arrived <\/b> on June 25, 1908 at Chimbacalle station, Quito <\/b>, and traveled 452 kilometers (452 miles). This was a great historical event.<\/p>\n

Can you picture what it must have been like back then? Enjoying<\/b> from your window the green and virgin landscape<\/b> of the Ecuadorian territory. With views, even if they were distant, of volcanoes like Chimborazo<\/a>, Cotopaxi<\/a> and Carihuairazo<\/a>, when the railroad passed near Urbina. <\/p>\n

But not everything was volcanoes, also impressive lagoons<\/b> that are worth visiting. We recommend the tour to the Quilotoa lagoon<\/a>, at one of the train stops, Latacunga. It is clear that traveling to Ecuador<\/a> is a marvel.<\/p>\n

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Why is it the most terrifying route in Ecuador?<\/h2>\n

A curious fact about Ecuador<\/a>, is that Quito is located at 2800 meters above sea level<\/b>. This means that to reach it by train you had to cross the entire Ecuadorian mountain range.<\/p>\n

During the construction process, the engineers found defiles of more than forty meters of free fall<\/b> that made the work difficult.<\/p>\n

For this reason, it is considered the most terrifying route in Ecuador. Building it resulted in a high level of complexity.In fact, it is one of the great masterpieces of engineering<\/b> in Ecuador.<\/p>\n