Updated June 2026
I love climbing volcanoes and have so far summited 44 major volcanoes, including four volcanoes from the Volcanic Seven Summits list (Damavand, Pico de Orizaba, Kilimanjaro, Ojos del Salado) and including the highest volcano in the world (Ojos del Salado). This is a list of volcanoes I have summited so far.
Volcanoes I have climbed
- Skjaldbreiður (1,066 meters / 3,497 feet, Iceland)
- Ok (1,198 meters / 3,930 feet, Iceland)
- Augustine Volcano (August 2024, 1,260 meters / 4,134 feet, Alaska)
This volcano lies on Augustine Island, an island some 175 miles southwest of Anchorage. I flew to the island in my Alaska bush plane (a Super Cub on 35 inch bush wheels), found a place to land south of the volcano, stayed in a tent for the night and climbed the volcano next morning. Up and down took around eight hours. - Snæfellsjökull (1,446 meters / 4,744 feet, Iceland)
This volcano is famous from the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. The volcano can be climbed in 3 to 5 hours after a 5 hours drive from Reykjavik. One follows a glacier track all the way from parking to summit. - Hekla (Four times to the top, July 2024, July 2022 and July 2021 and earlier, 1,488 meters / 4,882 feet, Iceland)
This is one of the major volcanoes in Iceland. The volcano can be climbed in 3 to 4 hours after a two hour drive from Reykjavik. - Herðubreið (Twice, August 2017 and September 2021), 1,682 meters / 5,518 feet, Iceland)
This is flat-topped and steep-sided volcano which was only climbed for the first time in 1908. The volcano can only be climbed from the west side and the small landing strip from where we started the hike is 5 km. to the east of the mountain. So my son and I hiked the 5 km. into the mountain, the 8 km. around the mountain and the 1,000 meters up to the steep slopes to the summit. And back.
Second climb was with my friend Frode Uhre, we had a Land Rover Defender and drove to the parking lot on the west side of the mountain where the climb starts. Again exactly 1,000 meters up. - Volcán Puyehue (December 2025, 2,236 meters / 7,336 feet, Chile)
A fascinating volcano with a glacier filled 2,4 km / 1,5 mile wide crater. The volcano is easily summited by a 21.5 km. roundtrip, 1,950 meters up and down track. - Beerenberg (June 2026, 2,277 meters / 7,470 feet, Jan Mayen, Norway)
The world’s northernmost subaerial active volcano and the only active volcano in Norway. I climbed the volcano on a sailing trip to Jan Mayen out of Longyearbyen in Svalbard. - Volcán Sollipolli (December 2023, 2,282 meters / 7,487 feet, Chile)
Beautiful glacier filled crater 5 km. wide. I hiked to the rim of the volcano. - Mt. Pico (April 2025, 2,351 meters / 7,713 feet, The Azores)
I climbed this volcano during an aviation adventure where I flew my Diamond 42 from Roskilde, Denmark to The Azores and back. - Volcán Quetrupillán (December 2023, 2,360 meters / 7,740 feet, Chile)
- Mt. St. Helens (July 2013, 2,549 meters / 8,363 feet, Washington, USA)
I climbed this volcano together with my son the day after we came down from Mt. Rainier. This is an awesome volcano to hike, remember to secure your permit early. - Volcán Osorno (December 2025, 2,652 meters / 8,701 feet, Chile)
This volcano is also known as Mt. Fiji of Chile or South America. - Pico do Fogo (January 2026, 2,829 meters / 9,281 feet, Cabo Verde)
A beautiful volcano which I climbed during my flying among the islands. - Volcán Villarrica (December 2025, 2,860 meters / 9,380 feet, Chile)
This is probably the most active volcano in Chile, the crater was filled with smoke when I finally summited the volcano in December 2025. In November 2023 I also tried to summit the volcano, but at that time the crater was closed and the volcano had a red appearance over its summit at night. - Nemrut Crater (July 2024, 2,948 meters / 9,672 feet, Turkey)
A large and stunning volcanic crater in eastern Turkey just west of Lake Van. - Volcán Llaima (December 2023, 2,948 meters / 10,253 feet, Chile)
This volcano is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Chile. The climb was more than 1,600 meters up and down through amazing snow and ice landscapes. - Mt. Nyiragongo (January 2017, 3,470 meters / 11,380 feet, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
This is probably the most awesome volcano I have climbed. Not especially high, but the night is spent on the rim of the crater looking down on the lake of magma (molten lava). The crater itself is 700 meters deep so one doesn’t feel the heat from the lake, but the lake is still some 150 meters in diameter! - Volcán Atitlan (February 2020, 3,535 meters / 11,598 feet, Guatemala)
A very regular cone shaped volcano close to beautiful Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. I climbed this volcano with my younger son (13 years old at time of climb), we reached the top 1,750 meters up in less than four hours. - Volcán Santa Maria (February 2020, 3,772 meters / 12,375 feet, Guatemala)
A very beautiful volcano in Guatemala. And due to its eruptions in 1902 this volcano is also one of the three most explosive volcanoes during the 20th century. From the top one have a fantastic view of Santiaguito, a very active side cone. - Acatenango (February 2020, 3,976 meters / 13,045 feet, Guatemala)
A beautiful double volcano, the other volcano being Volcán Fuego. As a detour we also climbed to within safe distance from the summit of Fuego.
Volcanoes above 4,000 meters that I have climbed
- Mount Süphan (July 2024, 4,058 meters / 13.314 feet, Turkey)
Second highest mountain in Turkey. - Volcán Tajumulco (February 2020, 4,203 meters / 13,850 feet, Guatemala)
Highest volcano in Guatemala, and the highest mountain in Central America. - Mt. Rainier (July 2013, 4,392 meters / 14,411 feet, Washington, USA)
I climbed this volcano on a three-day program with Rainier Mountain Guides. The first day was spent learning techniques for climbing in ropes with ice axes. The last two days was the summit hike. - Mt. Karisimbi (January 2017, 4,507 meters / 14,787 feet, Rwanda)
Highest volcano in Rwanda. Our main goal for this trip was to climb nearby Mt. Nyiragongo in Congo, but this is still a very beautiful volcano to climb. 3,000 meters up and down in one day. - Nevado de Toluca (November 2019, 4,680 meters / 15,350 feet, Mexico)
Just arrived in Mexico and with two days on our own before we were going to meet the team for Pico de Orizaba, my son and I rented a car and headed for this volcano. Easy to climb and with a really beautiful crater landscape. - Volcán Jorquencal (December 2025, 4,978 meters / 16,332 feet, Chile)
An easy volcano for acclimatization in the Atacama dessert. It only takes a climb of 400 meters to reach the summit.
Volcanoes above 5,000 meters that I have climbed
- Mt. Kazbek (August 2025, 5,054 meters / 16,581 feet, Georgia)
One of the highest volcanoes in the Caucasus. I summited the volcano together with my youngest son Troels. - Mt. Ararat (July 2024, 5,137 meters / 16.854 feet, Turkey)
Highest point in Turkey, this summit was the overall goal for a week long journey to Turkey with my two youngest and my daughters boyfriend. - Iztaccihuatl (November 2019, 5,230 meters / 17,160 feet, Mexico)
The tough volcano on our Mexico trip. But very beautiful landscape. We did the real top, a few meters higher than the first top reached, but another 45 minutes of hiking down across a glacier. - Volcán Lascar (Twice, December 2022 and December 2025, 5,592 meters / 18,346 feet, Chile)
First volcano climbed on my trip to Atacama, Chile in December 2022. Only one week after I Climbed this volcano, it sent gas and dust six kilometres up into the atmosphere. I climbed the volcano again in December 2025 for acclimatization. - Mt. Damavand (July 2015, 5,609 meters / 18,403 ft, Iran)
Highest volcano in Asia and hence my second Volcanic Seven Summits. I climbed this beautiful volcano north of Tehran together with my son. - Pico de Orizaba (November 2019, 5,636 meters / 18.491 ft, Mexico)
Highest volcano in North America and hence my third Volcanic Seven Summits. An amazing crater which we enjoyed in perfect weather for an entire hour while waiting for the rest of our group. We climbed this volcano with Rainier Mountain Guides. - Volcán Saciel (December 2022, 5,700 meters / 18,701 feet, Chile)
Beautiful crater which is easily climbed from a road going up to 5.200 meters above sea level. - Volcán Chiliques (December 2025, 5,778 meters / 18,957 feet, Chile)
Beautiful volcano with a crater having two small lakes. A seldom climbed volcano. - Mt. Kilimanjaro (December 2013, 5,895 meters / 19,314 feet, Tanzania)
Highest volcano in Africa (and hence my first Volcanic Seven Summits). And also highest mountain in Africa (and hence my first Seven Summits). I climbed this awesome volcano with my son on a seven day tour with a local guide company. We ended up doing the tour in five days though, last day was 1,000 meters up from last camp to the summit and then 4,000 meters down to trail head (skipping the last camp)! - Cotopaxi (July 2014, 5,897 meters / 19,347 ft, Ecuador)
On a trip to Ecuador in July 2014, my son and I climbed Iliniza Norte, Pasachoa, Rucu Pichincha and Cotopaxi. The final goal for the trip was to climb Chimborazo but dangers from avalanches turned us back 600 meters from the summit. - Volcán Licancabur (December 2024, 5,916 meters / 19,409 feet, Bolivia)
I climbed this beautiful volcano close to San Pedro de Atacama in December 2024. I climbed it from the Bolivian side. - Volcán Aguas Calientes (December 2022, 5,924 meters / 19,436 feet, Chile)
Climbed this beautiful volcano in the Atacama desert in December 2022. It ended up being my last volcano on the trip due to unstable weather. - Volcán Sairecabur (December 2022, 5,971 meters / 19,590 feet, Chile)
My second volcano on my trip to Atacama, Chile in December 2022.
Volcanoes above 6,000 meters that I have climbed
- Volcán San Francisco (March 2023, 6,016 meters / 19,816 feet, Chile)
My first mountain above 6,000 meters. This was an acclimatization hike in preparation for Ojos del Salado. - Volcán Acamarachi (Pili) (December 2024, 6,046 meters / 19,836 feet, Chile)
I climbed this beautiful volcano close to San Pedro de Atacama in December 2024. - Volcán San Pedro (Chile) (December 2024, 6,155 meters / 20.194 feet, Chile)
I climbed this beautiful volcano north of San Pedro de Atacama in December 2024. - Ojos del Salado (March 2023, 6,893 meters / 22,615 feet, Chile)
Highest volcano in the world, the highest peak in Chile, the second highest mountain outside the Himalayas. My fourth volcano from The Volcanic Seven Summits, I summited the volcano in March 2023 after 14 days of acclimatization on nearby volcanoes.