Ruapehu traverse by pictures

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Date: 6 to 8 November 2015.
Trip type: Medium Alp 1.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Tony Gazley.
Trampers: Tereza, Megan, Jue, Graeme, Dan, Spencer, Andrei, Tony.

Ruapehu traverse by pictures

A 2 day hiking loop trip from Tukino Village over Te Heu Heu peak on Mt Ruapehu

Ruapehu, Tukino Road, Te Heu Heu
Starting up Ruapehu from the Tukino Road
Mangatoetoenui Glacier, Ruapehu
Tereza on the Mangatoetoenui Glacier
Te Heu Heu, Ruapehu, summit
On the summit of Te Heu Heu peak
Waihohonu Ridge, Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tama Lakes
Starting down Waihohonu Ridge
Waihohonu Ridge, Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tama Lakes
Near the bottom of Waihohonu Ridge
Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe,Tama Lakes
Looking for a campsite at 8 pm. Dinner was rather late – 10 pm.
Ruapehu, camping, crater
Morning at our campsite in a baby explosion crater
Ruapehu
Heading around the mountain back towards Tukino
Ruapehu
Passing a small bluff
Ruapehu
Descending a rockfall between the bluffs
Ruapehu
Midday siesta
Ruapehu Tukino Road
Almost back to the Tukino Road