Is Cotopaxi Hard to Climb? Cotopaxi is an active volcano, located in the Andes chain of Ecuador, only 2 hours south of the city capital Quito, its last eruption was just recently in 2015, which kept the park closed for 2 years till November 2017, when local authorities, evaluated the activity of the volcano and decided it was then safe to climb. Mount Cotopaxi is one of the top 10…