Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

A multi day hike taking in Oturere Hut and Emerald and Blue Lakes
Friday, 04 September 2020
Leaving the cars as the sun sets Friday night - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Leaving the cars as the sun sets Friday night

Ngauruhoe in the moonlight from Waihohonu Hut - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Ngauruhoe in the moonlight from Waihohonu Hut

Bad Jelly and Marcia - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Bad Jelly and Marcia

Great Uncle Owen and Jeff eating breaky - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Great Uncle Owen and Jeff eating breaky

Ruapehu - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Ruapehu

Excitement is in the air - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Excitement is in the air

Ngauruhoe got me in a spin - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Ngauruhoe got me in a spin

The landscape was so colourful - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

The landscape was so colourful

Into the forest for a brief time - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Into the forest for a brief time

Ice that has formed in the night pushing the soil up - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Ice that has formed in the night pushing the soil up

The Wanaka Tree's Tongariro cousin - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

The Wanaka Tree's Tongariro cousin

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Ruapehu in some swirly stuff - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Ruapehu in some swirly stuff

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Cathy - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Cathy

Oturere Hut - we dropped off some gear and then headed out again - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Oturere Hut - we dropped off some gear and then headed out again

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
We eventually found some white stuff (* snow not cocaine) - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

We eventually found some white stuff (* snow not cocaine)

Starting to climb - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Starting to climb

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Nothing quite like a pole dance in the snow - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Nothing quite like a pole dance in the snow

Time for crampons - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Time for crampons

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
At the intersection with the Tongariro Crossing - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

At the intersection with the Tongariro Crossing

Frozen Emerald Lake - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Frozen Emerald Lake

The other frozen Emerald Lake - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

The other frozen Emerald Lake

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Blue Lake bound - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Blue Lake bound

Blue Lake - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Blue Lake

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Back down - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Back down

View back at the mountain - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

View back at the mountain

Waterfall by Oturere Hut - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Waterfall by Oturere Hut

Heading back out Sunday - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Heading back out Sunday

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September
John - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

John

Best place for this wee fella - Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

Best place for this wee fella

Oturere Hut and Emerald Lakes 4-6 September

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