4-6 April Our annual weekend on Ruapehu with our friends Jill and Jim and a gathering of regular friends from Auckland to Wellington - 14 of us. We enjoyed wonderful weather and Jill, Jim, Owen and I climbed to the crater lake on the Saturday.
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| On the way up - no snow to be seen |
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| Nearly there - the roof of the Dome Shelter can be seen on the left horizon |
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| Can you see three trampers on the snow to the lower left of the crater lake? (not us!) |
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| At the dome shelter |
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| We had our lunch here |
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| I was there too |
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| Dome shelter ... |
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| ... and the view in the other direction looking towards the Desert Road and Lake Moawhango |
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| It was a popular day to climb to the Crater Lake |
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| We used two chairlifts both ways (why not at $15 return with a Gold card). It was still a 5 hour tramp. |
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| Looking towards the Pinnacles, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro |
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| Sunset from our Lodge - Mt Taranaki on the horizon |
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| Followed by dinner and wine |
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