Exploration
Mt. Ragang was explored by many people, here are some of the mountaineers which was Mr. Gideon Lasco who explored Mt. Ragang. All of this photo's and information are from Mr. Gideon Lasco, don't forget to visit his blog http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/.
At the summit of Mt. Ragang
Their exploration climb lasted from April 1-5, 2013 and it took them 20 hours of hiking to reach the summit, and 17 hours to descend. The trail is highly overgrown and full of rattan and lipa, owning to illegal logging in the mountain range during the 1990's. Beyond 200 MASL, however, a beautiful mossy forest emerges, and even the peak is covered by a mossy forest.
In one of the river campsites (Day 2)
The banks of a beautiful river in a valley where wild dear live served as their campsite before assaulting the summit. Where mossy forests do not obscure the view, you can see the vast Lake Lanao, along with the towns of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, and Cotabato, the three provinces on whose borders the mountain range lies.
At the Binaw Valley or "Valley of Wild Deer"
The two campsites are both located on streams.
Fireflies at the jumpoff, where they spent the night before the hike.
The first part of the trail is wide, overgrown path that used to be an illegal logging road.
The photo demonstrates how overgrown the path is.
The more spacious part of the trail
Some sections of the trail pass through rivers
The summit assault is a mix of mossy forests and cogon slopes.
Mt. Piapayupan as viewed from Mt. Ragang
The summit assault is reminiscent of Mindanao's other high peaks.
Lake Lanao as viewed from Mt. Ragang. Unfortunately, the clouds has begun to cover the skies by the time were high enough to see the lake.
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