[4] The principal path to the summit starts in the town of Katesh.

The climb can be done in one day (10 hours), but it is also common for climbers to spend one night in a tented camp on the mountain and reach the summit on the second day.

[4] Mount Hanang Nature Forest Reserve has an area of 58.66 km²,[5] protecting an enclave of evergreen montane forest on the mountain's higher slopes.

Between 2000 and 2700 meters elevation, evergreen montane forests cover the mountain's wetter eastern and southern slopes, while the drier western and northern slopes are home to dry montane evergreen forests with bushland and grassland on the ridges.

Above 2700 meters, the forests transition to ericaceous heathland and high-altitude grasslands.