Hiking matters #182: A dayhike up Mt. Cristobal

We were not daunted by the threat of rain. Hiking experience has taught me that in the same way that in the Philippines, it can rain any day, it can also not rain, even if we’re now in the rainy season. In other words, every day there is a chance for both good and bad weather (unless there is clearly a typhoon brewing). Today, we were on the better side of the coin, and we had no rain throughout the climb!

We started trekking at around 0830. Our 4×4 vehicle took us to the end of the road which served as our jumpoff. Breezing through the forests and the ridge walk, it took us just 1 hour and 45 minutes to reach the crater, and exactly two hours after we started trekking, we were at Jones’ Peak, the highest point in the Mt. Cristobal trail system.