Top Maropea Hut 20-21 July

A wonderful snowy trip in the Ruahines
Saturday, 20 July 2013

Arrival at Sunrise Hut, still with ambitions of climbing Te Atuaoparapara

Slow going when every few steps you fall through the crust

Neville seemed to have a knack for creating more holes than the rest of us

Now, pose for the camera!

About here we knew traversing Te Atuaoparapara to Waikamaka Hut before dark wasn't going to be achievable

So we took a few more photos...

The posers were never far away ...

... nor was the deep snow

Home on the range - Top Maropea Hut

Comfort on the hut floor. Can you hear the snoring?

Ready to start plugging steps back up to the main range Sunday morning

What a way to spend a sunny Sunday

Elisabeth kept her hands pretty warm

Reflections on another nice trip