“Easy” and “hard” hide too much. ACE scores every adventure on eight things it asks of your body and mind. Answer a few questions and we score you the same way, so you can see what you're ready for before you book.
Takes 1 to 3 minutes.
Now scoring
Goechala Trek
Asks most: Stamina 3, Altitude 3
What we measure
They fall into four groups. A trek can be gentle on your legs and hard on your nerves, and a single difficulty grade would hide that.
Engine
How hard and how long you can go
Chassis
Carrying weight and footing
Elements
Water and thin air
Mind
Staying calm when it counts
Engine
Keeping going, day after day.
1Scores 1 when
A few hours of walking with plenty of rest.
5Scores 5 when
Eight hours or more a day, for a week, with no rest day.
Stamina on our example adventures
How scores work
1 is light and 5 is extreme. A 0 means the trip doesn't ask for it at all, like water on a desert trek.
The trip doesn't ask for this at all.
Example: Goechala Trek scores 0 for Water.
Your rank
Your own scores also run from 1 to 5, so your total lands between 8 and 40. Your rank is a quick read on the kind of trips you're ready for.
Try a sample person
Total
13
of 40
Pathfinder8–15
Day hikes and easy multi-day trails.
How matching works
Where you meet a score, you're covered. Where you fall short, the gap counts against you, and bigger gaps count for more. Try it below with a sample person.
We score the adventure
Our team rates each one on all eight, using route data: altitude, terrain and trip reports.
You answer a few questions
The quick match takes a minute, the full one about three. Your answers become your eight scores.
You get a verdict
Every adventure is marked Ready, Stretch or Not yet, with what to work on.
You (sample)
Adventure
Verdict
Ready
95%match
Where you fall short
Work on altitude first. Spend nights above 3,000m before attempting higher objectives. Acclimatise gradually.
See Goechala TrekAnswer a few questions and every adventure gets a verdict for you, along with what to work on next.