Drive to the parish of st paul where you will journey about 16 miles from the city of basseterre onto the west coastline heading to the furthest point in the norththe volcano stands at 3792 feet and is the highest point on the island on the top of central forest reserve the volcano rim is 2800 feet above sea at the high mountain which takes about 2 to 25 hours hiking upwards lies cloaked in a dwarfed cloud forest and overlooks what is often referred to as giants salad bowl sugar city st