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Adam Clark  > Travel > Honeymoon - Dominica > Mourne (Mt.) Diablotin
Mt. Diablotin is the highest mountain on the island of Dominica at 4,747 ft. It is also the highest point in the Eastern Caribbean. Our first full day on the island, we tagged along with another guest at our resort for a climb up. The other guest got ahead of us and our guide and made it to the summit. We got close, but the terrain was difficult enough that we decided we got close enough for it to count. The trail we took was a little more than 1.5 miles, but gained 1,800 ft of elevation and took 3 hours.
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We were able to have a small snack on wild raspberries before hiking.  They were similar to the ones we have around here in the States, but still different in a couple ways
Looking up the road that the parking area is on.  There was only enough room to park two or three cars
The sign at the start of the trail
Carlos (our guide), John (other resort guest), and Melissa (my wife) heading up the steps on an early section of trail
Heading up even more steps
It leveled off some for a bit in the middle, but started to get thicker.  The flag/ribbon tied onto the tree is the trail marker
View from the first outlook where most climbers stop.  The trail after this is much less traveled
The hump up ahead is the actual summit.  This was the second outlook we stopped at.  While the summit was only 0.2 miles and 46 ft of elevation away, it would have taken an hour to get there and back to this spot.  We decided since there was no view there, we would call this close enough
View North from the second outlook
We were able to have a small snack on wild raspberries before hiking. They were similar to the ones we have around here in the States, but still different in a couple ways
We were able to have a small snack on wild raspberries before hiking.  They were similar to the ones we have around here in the States, but still different in a couple ways
We were able to have a small snack on wild raspberries before hiking. They were similar to the ones we have around here in the States, but still different in a couple ways
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