Sabang Beach

MT. TIMBAK/ MT. SINGAKALSA (2,717+)

Atok, Benguet

Major jumpoff: KM. 55, Atok, Benguet

Elevation: 2717 MASL (#9)

Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 1.5-2.5 hours

Specs (Backtrail): Minor climb, Difficulty 2/9, Trail class 2

Features: Village life, mummies, views of major Cordillera peaks

Article history: Last updated 041813BACKGROUND

More than five years since Adonis Lloren shared to us information on Mt. Timbak – then also known as Mt. Singakalsa – this mountain has become a permanent part of the repertoire of Cordillera mountains, usually done as a dayhike from Baguio or a constituent hike of the ‘Luzon 3-2-1’ which combines the three highest peaks of Luzon in one hike: Timbak, Tabayoc, Pulag. Trail runners have also discovered the Timbak Traverse, which takes a rough road to Kabayan, Benguet.  Mountaineering seeking to complete, or at least have a sample of, the Ten Highest Mountains of the Philippines, also know Mt. Timbak – the ninth highest peak in the Philippines – to be the easiest of them to do. Over the past five years, PinoyMountaineer.com had the opportunity to visit the mountain a couple of times, most recently in March 2013.