| THE PEAKS OF NORTHERN NEGROS FOREST RESERVE (Negros Island, Philippines) |
| The Northern Negros Forest Reserve (NNFR) comprises two mountains - Mt Silay and Mt Mandalagan - situated in the northern part of Negros Island. Both Mt Silay and Mt Mandalagan are Halocene stratovolcanoes. Their young geological age account for their sharp features. Mt Silay has ten (10) major peaks and Mt Mandalagan has at least thirteen (13). A large part of the Reserve is covered by second-growth forest, the remnant of heavy selective logging.. A few swaths are primary-growth forest, left for their inaccessibility and non-commercial timber. Despite of known intrusions by man in NNFR, the Reserve remains largely as an outback. |
| Mount Silay (With SB Nonguided Exploratory Climbing Records) |
| Ten (10) Major Peaks |
| Peak Calaptan Pk Gawahon Pk Dinamlagan Pk Mt Silay Sicaba Daku Pk Sicaba Diotay Pk Dalayapan Pk Lantawan Pk Tingtingon Daku Pk Tingtingon Diotay Pk |
| Altitude 1348m (4,421ft) 1310m (4,297ft) 1475m (4,838ft) 1534m (5,032ft) 1379m (4,524ft) 1536m (5,039ft) 1180m (3,870ft) 1049m (3,441ft) 1280m (4,198ft) 1185m (3,887ft) |
| SB Ascent Sept. 21, 1998 Oct. 2, 1998 Oct. 3, 1998 Aug. 29, 1999 Aug 31, 1999 Sept. 15, 2000 July 18, 2002 NONE NONE NONE |
| Record Second Mountaineering Ascent, Southwest First Mountaineering Ascent, Northeast Ridge First Mountaineering Ascent, First Buttress/West Face First Mountaineering Ascent, Naathagan Buttress/S Face First Ascent, Southwest Ridge via Bakiras Ridge First Ascent, West Ridge via South Ridge Probable First Ascent, Belle's Buttress/South Face (SB plans a climb in 2003) (South of Sicaba Diotay Peak) (South of Sicaba Diotay Peak) |
| Minor Peaks |
| Peak Talaba-an Pk Unnamed "Anak-Sewahon" Unnamed |
| Altitude 1120m (3,674ft) 1080m (3,542ft) 1260m (4,133ft) 1144m (3,752ft) |
| SB Ascent July 7, 2002 NONE NONE NONE |
| Record First Mountaineering Ascent, West Face from SW approach (West of Dalayapan Peak) (Northwest of Sicaba Daku Peak) (Between Sicaba-Wala and Sicaba-Tuo rivers) |
| Mount Mandalagan (With Climb Records and Annotations) |
| Peak Magurao (?) Makawili (?) (?) (?) Marapara (?) (?) (?) (?) Magkurog (?) Mt Mandalagan |
| Altitude 1037m (3,401ft) 1323m (4,339ft) 1412m (4,631ft) 1485m (4,871ft) 1523m (4,995ft) 1548m (5,077ft) 1783m (5,520ft) 1690m (5,543ft) 1758m (5,766ft) 1768m (5,799ft) 1832m (6,009ft) 1873m (6,143ft) 1885m (6,183ft) |
| Annotations Western-most peak; in Talisay City; West Face feeds Imbang River East Face feeds Malatan-og Falls in Don Salvador Benedicto; 3-peaked First Mountaineering Ascent by RAMS in 1998 (?) through South Face 3.2km East of Tinagong Dagat; North Face feeds Malogo tributary East Face feeds Pandanon River tributary in Don Salvador Benedicto North tip of East side of crater-ridge; feeds Manara Diotay in Sagay in NE First Mountaineering Ascent by BBMS in 1993 (?) through North Face Middle of 1873m (W) and 1885m (E); North Face feeds Malogo tributary South of 1548m; along East side of crater-ridge Northwest of 1690m; East Face feeds Malogo River tributary East Face feeds Bago River tributary in Calatrava East Face feeds head-source of Pandanon River East Face feeds Bago River tributary in Calatrava |
| Major Peaks |
| Minor Peaks |
| Peak Marapara West Pk Taytay-Duta Pk |
| Altitude 1600m (5,248ft) 1200m (3,936ft) |
| Annotations First Mountaineering Ascent by an SB member with two guides (GBEC) Also known as "Casa Grand"; SB-KSDM ascent on May 2000 |
| Copyright (c) 2002. All rights reserved. |
| NOTES: SB - Singarong Backpackers Nonguided Exploratory Climb (NEC) - a climb of a peak by a party without guide and any substantial knowledge of ascent-route First Mountaineering Ascent (FMA) - first ascent by a mountaineering party Second Mountaineering Asent (SMA) - seoond ascent by a mountaineering party First Ascent (FA) - first ascent by man Probable First Ascent - indicators such as absence of extant trail or eveidences of non-passage point to a possible first ascent (?) - Uncertain; Unknown RAMS - Recoletos Association of Mountaineers crater-ridge - the high ridges of Mt Mandalagan, forming a half-crater with a break in the N facing Malogo River BBMS - Butlak-Banaag Mountaineering Society Guide-Backed Exploratory Climb (GBEC) - an exploratory climb with a guide acting as a team member who shares ignorance of the ascent-route KSDM - Kaabyanan sa Dabok Mountaineers |
| ENTRANCES (JUMP-OFFS) IN NORTHERN NEGROS |