Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Sunday, 13 November 2022
Coffee at Chateau Tongariro to start the trip - Patrick, Glenda, Tony, Jacqui - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Coffee at Chateau Tongariro to start the trip - Patrick, Glenda, Tony, Jacqui

It was a rather wet start - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

It was a rather wet start

That colourful contraption is a loo, not a wagon! - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

That colourful contraption is a loo, not a wagon!

The lower Tama Lake - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The lower Tama Lake

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Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
The historic Old Waihohonu Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The historic Old Waihohonu Hut

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Mount Ngauruhoe - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Mount Ngauruhoe

The new Waihohonu Hut (Palace?) - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The new Waihohonu Hut (Palace?)

A room with a view - Mt Ngauruhoe - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

A room with a view - Mt Ngauruhoe

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The palatial interior of Waihohonu Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The palatial interior of Waihohonu Hut

Day 2 - heading for Rangipo Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Day 2 - heading for Rangipo Hut

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The Rangipo Desert - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The Rangipo Desert

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Tukino Skifield Village - around 1700m - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Tukino Skifield Village - around 1700m

Lahar risk warning for the Whangaehu valley - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Lahar risk warning for the Whangaehu valley

And again! - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

And again!

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Chris crossing the Whangaehu River - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Chris crossing the Whangaehu River

The Whangaehu River - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

The Whangaehu River

Lake Moawhango - part of the Tongariro Power Scheme. (Desert Road just this side of the lake) - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Lake Moawhango - part of the Tongariro Power Scheme. (Desert Road just this side of the lake)

Rangipo Hut - the highest hut on the track at 1560m. - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Rangipo Hut - the highest hut on the track at 1560m.

Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Day 3 - heading for Mangaehuehu Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Day 3 - heading for Mangaehuehu Hut

Wahianoa River - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Wahianoa River

Patrick about to take off in the wind! - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Patrick about to take off in the wind!

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Chris in desert contemplation - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Chris in desert contemplation

Boardwalk into the bush - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Boardwalk into the bush

Mangaehuehu Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Mangaehuehu Hut

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Girdlestone Peak on the right - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Girdlestone Peak on the right

Day 4 - heading for Mangaturuturu Hut. Volcanic rocks. - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Day 4 - heading for Mangaturuturu Hut. Volcanic rocks.

Boardwalks to protect the vegetation. From left - Glenda, Chris, Jacquie, Tony - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Boardwalks to protect the vegetation. From left - Glenda, Chris, Jacquie, Tony

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Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Please sir - is there room for me in your pack? - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Please sir - is there room for me in your pack?

Mangawhero Falls - as seen from the Ohakune Mountain Road - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Mangawhero Falls - as seen from the Ohakune Mountain Road

Just getting back on the track after a 3km walk up the Ohakune Mountain Raod - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Just getting back on the track after a 3km walk up the Ohakune Mountain Raod

A tributary of the Mangaturuturu River - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

A tributary of the Mangaturuturu River

Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November
Wow - did we actually come down there? - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Wow - did we actually come down there?

Mangaturuturu Hut - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Mangaturuturu Hut

Mt Ruapehu with Girdlestone on the right - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Mt Ruapehu with Girdlestone on the right

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Day 5 - after heavy overnight rain we decided to bail out to Horopito to avoid difficult river crossings - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Day 5 - after heavy overnight rain we decided to bail out to Horopito to avoid difficult river crossings

Crossing the Mangaturuturu River - Around Mount Ruapehu 13-17 November

Crossing the Mangaturuturu River

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