Mount Irid

Access to Mt. Irid has never been easy. In the past, armed insurgency has dissuaded many hikers from considering the Sierra Madre as a hiking destination in general, and eastern Tanay in particular. To date, the area remains militarised, and it is not uncommon for the mountain to be closed due to ‘encounters’. However, the military is now cooperating with the barangay and allowing passage to hikers, and there has never been any report of unpleasant encounters with insurgents