Mount Guiwan

Mount Guiwan is a mountain in the Sierra Madre range in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It is probably the highest peak of Sierra Madre mountain range with a height of at least 1,915 metres (6,283 ft) above sea level according to NAMRIA topographic map and perhaps as high as 1,950 metres (6,400 ft).^[3] Bugkalots have long established trails which they use when hunting.

Mount Guiwan
The mountain as seen from the Alfonso Castañeda municipal hall
Highest point
Elevation	1,950 m (6,400 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,061 m (3,481 ft)[2]
Listing	Ribu
Coordinates	15°56′43″N 121°17′11″E
Geography
Mount Guiwan Show map of Luzon Mount Guiwan Show map of Philippines
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Nueva Vizcaya
City/municipality	Alfonso Castañeda
Parent range	Sierra Madre

No scientific survey has yet been conducted in the area but recent expedition to the mountain by the Nueva Vizcaya Mountaineering Society, Inc. led by NVMSI Founder Gene Basilio Jr. and President Raymond Zamora in September 2012 proved that civets, monkeys, and other wildlife still thrive in the forests of Mount Guiwan. Its streams still have abundant eels. A waterfalls estimated to be one km long from its first drop down to the bottom flows from near the summit of the mountain.

In October 2012, Basilio and Zamora, with guides from the Bugkalot tribe, returned and successfully summitted the mountain passing through a mossy forest and a route they called Zamora trail. It took them three days to hike from the jump-off point in Alfonso Castaneda.

Underneath Mount Guiwan, a tunnel that diverts water from the Casecnan River in Brgy. Pelaway to Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija was constructed by the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Transbasin and Power project contracted by California Energy.

See also

• Casecnan Protected Landscape