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Mount Apo

2,954 m9,692 ft
Easiest route
8.4 km+1,832 m · about 5 h · T3
Isolation
at least 200 km
Tonight
7°CFog · Wind 13 km/h SE

Mount Apo is a 2,954 m (9,692 ft) stratovolcano in the Apo–Talomo Range, Davao Region, Philippines.

All facts
Elevation
2,954 m · 9,692 ft
Prominence
2,954 m · 9,692 ft
Range
Apo–Talomo Range
Region
Davao Region, Philippines
Spanish name
Monte Apo
Coordinates
6.9874° N, 125.2710° E
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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Apo

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Mandangan (trailhead)

Distance
8.4 kmone way
Climb
+1,832 m−137 m (6,010 ft up)
Time up
about 5 h
Difficulty
T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Mount Apo elevation profile
1,5002,0002,50008.4 kmMount Apo

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Paradise (trailhead)6.4 km · +1,389 m · about 4 h
    T4GPXKML
  • Culan (trailhead)7.3 km · +1,820 m · about 5 h
    T4GPXKML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Mount Apo 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.8 × 15.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mount Apo terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Mandangan. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Mount Apo weather

Today · Heavy rain · 7 / 12°C (45 / 54°F) · 8.0 mm · Wind 13 km/h SE

Mount Apo forecast for the summit, about 2,954 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,625 m.

  • Today7°12°8.0 mm13 km/h SEBase 15 / 20°
  • Sun7°13°3.3 mm10 km/h SEBase 14 / 21°
  • Mon7°14°3.4 mm12 km/h EBase 15 / 20°
  • Tue8°12°3.5 mm5 km/h NEBase 15 / 19°
  • Wed7°11°4.7 mm3 km/h EBase 15 / 19°
  • Thu8°12°7.4 mm3 km/h EBase 15 / 20°
  • Fri8°13°13.6 mm4 km/h NWBase 15 / 19°
  • Sat7°10°18.4 mm3 km/h SEBase 14 / 18°
  • Sun7°12°6.7 mm4 km/h SBase 15 / 19°
  • Mon8°13°3.9 mm4 km/h EBase 16 / 20°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Apo

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Apo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
White Sand E-CampCampsite0.4 km E
Gabroq E-CampCampsite0.8 km ESE
Camp ReyesCampsite1.4 km SSW
ParadiseTrailhead4.8 km SSE
CulanTrailhead5.8 km ESE
Mount Apo Jump-Off KapataganTrailhead6.0 km SSE
Parking6.4 km NW
Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Apo?

The easiest mapped route, 8.4 km from 1,250 m to 2,954 m. Steepest stretch: 37°.

0 km · 1,250 m8.4 km · 2,954 m
  • 0–15°5.3 km
  • 15–30°2.6 km
  • 30–45°0.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 90 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 88.1%Grassland 9.0%Cropland 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.9 km, measured from the Mount Apo summit.

NESW5 km10 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Mount Zion2,600 m 3.5 km SW
  2. 2Mount Lipadas2,620 m 6.3 km ENE
  3. 3Mount Talomo2,674 m 7.8 km NE
Where it sits

Where Mount Apo sits

Region
Philippines64Asia964
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Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Mount Apo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,946 m at the summit; the official height is 2,954 m.Official 2,954 m90 m model 2,937 mThis map 2,946 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,954 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,946 m-8 m
Copernicus GLO-902,937 m-17 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Routes, Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia