| MOUNT STO. TOMAS
LOCATION: Benguet Province
ELEVATION: 2,256 meters above sea level
LEVEL: Minor Climb, Level II, Moderate
JUMP OFF POINTS: Baguio City
INFORMATION:
Although this is one of the "2,000 meters and above"
mountains, climbing Sto. Tomas is just a one day-hike. This
is because the jump-off point in Green Valley is already more
than a thousand meters above sea level. Although most people
who scale it descend on the same day, you can still camp on
its wide peak and spend your night there.
Atop the mountain is an abandoned radar station of the US
Air Force. Still further on some of the peaks are cellular
phone, radio and other communication antennas scattered all
over the place taking advantage of the strategic position
of the mountain. Sto Tomas is the highest point within the
Baguio vicinity. This is the mountain you will pass by when
coming from Manila via Kennon Road. From a distance, you will
see two huge radar facilities on its peak.
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