Mount Bintuod or Mount Dalimanoc is a mountain in the Sierra Madre range in the municipality of Alfonso Castañeda[1] in Nueva Vizcaya province. It is probably the highest peak in the Philippines longest mountain range with a first GPS-based measurement of 1,932 metres (6,339 ft) above sea level, from an expedition in April 2012. There are no records of the first ascent, but local tribe people have long established paths.

Mount Bintuod
Mount Bintuod is located in Luzon
Mount Bintuod
Mount Bintuod
Mount Bintuod is located in Philippines
Mount Bintuod
Mount Bintuod
Highest point
Elevation6,339 ft (1,932 m)
Prominence1,312 ft (400 m)
Coordinates15°58′29″N 121°14′30″E / 15.97472°N 121.24167°E / 15.97472; 121.24167
Geography
CountryPhilippines
RegionCagayan Valley
ProvinceNueva Vizcaya
City/municipalityAlfonso Castañeda
Parent rangeSierra Madre
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

In some maps this peak is misidentified as Mount Dalimonoc, an actually lower peak adjoining Bintuod to the west.

The forested peak can be reached in a two days one night return hike from Barangay Lipuga, Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya. This rural area of the Philippines is traditional land of the Bugkalot or Ilongot tribe and was only opened to a road via Carranglan, Nueva Ecija in 1997 when a hydropower dam was constructed in the Casignan River of the same valley.

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References

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  1. ^ Lasco, Gideon (20 March 2019). "Hiking matters #614: Mt. Bintuod, possibly the highest Sierra Madre peak". Pinoy Mountaineer. Retrieved 20 February 2022.