It’s WKU’s token trademark: the Hill. Every Hilltopper has a love or hate relationship with the beloved landscape. But regardless of how you may feel about the climb, trips up the Hill are an inevitable part of life at WKU. Whether you walk straight up the middle from Pearce-Ford Tower to Cherry Hall or take every shortcut possible, you are guaranteed a workout. The real question is: How much of a workout is it? And just how many trips up the Hill will it take to really earn the orange chicken at Panda Express?

Trip 1 (No Shortcuts)

Distance: 1.02 miles

Steps: 2,007

Elevation gain: 8 floors

Total time: 15 minutes 24 seconds

Average pace: 15 minutes 6 seconds per mile

Trip 2 (Shortcuts)

Distance: 0.79 miles

Steps: 1,681

Elevation gain: 5 floors

Total time: 16 minutes 25 seconds

Average pace: 20 minutes 47 seconds per mile

*Recorded with the Health app on an Apple iPhone 7