However, not many hikers these days camp overnight in Mt. Ugo because the original trail has been significantly changed.
Back in the day, we would often start the hike to Mt. Ugo in Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya. The long walk can take half a day or more to get to Domolpos, the sitio just below Mt. Ugo. Today, because of the new road, a vehicle can ferry hikers all the way to sitio Domolpos. From there, it will take about just an hour to get to the summit of Mt. Ugo.
The descent from the Mt. Ugo summit to Tinongdan has also changed. Years ago, there was no road going up to sitio Lusod. Now, there's a wide road there. So the hike can be greatly shortened by having a vehicle pick up hikers in Lusod instead of the hikers walking all the way down the mountain.
I am among the lucky ones who hiked Mt. Ugo at a time when it had pure trails going up and going down.
