Time for an overdue update to this hiking thread.
Last weekend, I joined an organized day hike to Mt. Sembrano in the town of Pililia, Rizal province. This mountain is rated as a minor hike with 3/9 difficulty, trail class 1 to 3, 745+ meters above sea level. The summit can be reached in 3 to 4 hours (The 1st half of our group did it in 3 hours, based on the timestamp of my pics.)
Mt. Sembrano (745+) – Pinoy Mountaineer
For the trail classes, here's the definition:
1 - walking (easy stroll)
2 - hiking along a path/ rugged terrain
3 - scrambling (using hands for balance)
New system of classifying mountains – Pinoy Mountaineer