Mt.Cristobal Traverse Tala-Kinabuhayan Trail- The Devil's Mountain. Finally!

Finally after third time of planning this event now for real I would be hiking the so called "Devil's Mountain". For some reason for my previous plans and itinerary which supposed to be  on October 2013 but before the climb date group had a work schedule problem so we had to cancel the event. For the month of November I also planned this Mt. Cristobal Hike but a day before the climb date I also had to cancel because of the typhoon Yolanda. I dont know if "there was something stopping our group to climb this mountain" The group shared the same feelings". But for this time everything went smoothly and we were so excited for this.

Mt. Cristobal is located within the borders of Quezon and Laguna. The main entry point is at Dolores Quezon in Barangay Kinabuhayan but there are also entry points and possible traverses in Nagcarlan ,San Pablo,Rizal and Dolores.

We took a bus from GMA heading to San Pablo- take any Lucena bound buses.

The bus dropped us at Jollibee San Pablo because this where our rented jeep was waiting.

For those who will be doing the Tala-Kinabuhayan Traverse I would highly suggest to charter a jeep because going to Tayak Hills which is part of Tala Rizal would not have any available public transportation. A tricycle might take you there but expect that you will pay extra. The convenience for the group is what you are paying for and you should also consider your time table.

This is the San Pablo Public Market where you can buy your supplies.

While heading to Tala Jump off this view stopped us because we saw the rare clearing of  Mt. Banahaw and Mt. Cristobal which most of the time cloudy.