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Mount Pulag

2,922 m9,587 ft
Easiest route
7.0 km+644 m · about 3 h · T2
Isolation
at least 200 km
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 12 km/h SW

Mount Pulag is a 2,922 m (9,587 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central, Cagayan Valley, Philippines.

All facts
Elevation
2,922 m · 9,587 ft
Prominence
2,922 m · 9,587 ft
Range
Cordillera Central
Region
Cagayan Valley, Philippines
Spanish name
Monte Pulag
Coordinates
16.5976° N, 120.8990° E
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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Pulag

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

Easiest route: from Mt. Pulag Jumpoff - Babalak (trailhead)

Distance
7.0 kmone way
Climb
+644 m−203 m (2,113 ft up)
Time up
about 3 h
Difficulty
T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Mount Pulag elevation profile
2,5002,6002,7002,8002,90007.0 kmMount PulagCamp 1 Shelter 2,561

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2
  • Tawangan Jump-off (trailhead)9.3 km · +1,165 m · about 4.5 h
    T2GPXKML
  • Lusod Trail Jump-off (trailhead)10.6 km · +1,785 m · about 5.5 h
    T2GPXKML

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

3D map

Mount Pulag 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.6 × 15.6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mount Pulag terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Mt. Pulag Jumpoff - Babalak. 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 Pulag weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 6 / 16°C (43 / 61°F) · Wind 12 km/h SW

Mount Pulag forecast for the summit, about 2,922 m.

  • Today6°16°–12 km/h SW
  • Sun6°15°3.7 mm8 km/h SE
  • Mon6°16°2.0 mm8 km/h SE
  • Tue8°13°3.8 mm6 km/h NE
  • Wed8°14°0.8 mm8 km/h NE
  • Thu9°13°3.3 mm7 km/h NE
  • Fri8°13°4.2 mm5 km/h NE
  • Sat8°15°3.1 mm4 km/h N
  • Sun7°15°1.4 mm4 km/h NE
  • Mon7°15°0.2 mm6 km/h E

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Pulag

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Pulag Saddle Camp (Todiakap Trail)

    0.3 km W · +2 more within 1.6 km

  • Nearest hut

    Camp 1 Shelter

    2.1 km SSW · +2 more within 6.0 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Mt. Pulag Jumpoff - Babalak

    3.5 km SW · +2 more within 6.4 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Pulag Saddle Camp (Todiakap Trail)Campsite0.3 km W
Campsite1.6 km E
Mt. Pulag Camp 2 ExtensionCampsite1.6 km SSE
Camp 1 ShelterHut2.1 km SSW
Mt. Pulag Jumpoff - BabalakTrailhead3.5 km SW
Mount Al-AlHut5.5 km NNW
Hut6.0 km ESE
Tawangan Jump-offTrailhead6.1 km NE
Mt. Pulag Jumpoff - AkikiTrailhead6.4 km WNW
Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Pulag?

The easiest mapped route, 7.0 km from 2,479 m to 2,922 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 2,479 m7.0 km · 2,922 m
  • 0–15°6.6 km
  • 15–30°0.4 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.8%Grassland 16.7%Cropland 2.0%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.8 km, measured from the Mount Pulag summit.

NESW5 km10 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Mount Libung1,975 m 4.9 km SW
  2. 2Mount Panotoan2,657 m 5.7 km NNW
  3. 3Mount Palansa2,060 m 6.1 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.8 km; 47 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Garden nasturtium4
  • Mount Yushan Pearly Everlasting4
  • Calla lily3
  • Broad-leaf Fern3
  • Balanophora coralliformis3
  • Luzon island-thrush3
Where it sits

Where Mount Pulag sits

Range
Cordillera Central5
Region
Philippines64Asia964
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,923 m at the summit; the official height is 2,922 m.Official 2,922 m90 m model 2,904 mThis map 2,923 m

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

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)2,922 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)2,923 m+1 m
Copernicus GLO-902,904 m-18 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.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-27)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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