Climbing Mt. Ruapehu in New Zealand on December 8 2018
Route (there are better options, also depending on the time of the year):
Start at Iwikau village and follow Tennents Valley to Hut Flat to get to the NZAC Ruapehu hut. Climb up a little further and descend to the west (climber's right). From there on follow the gully and slide left (going right is way easier as we found out later on) so you come up on the Whakapapanui glacier. We hit some really hard and steep ice here which required front pointing. If you continue climbing up to the summit plateau, you can ascend to the Notch on your right. After climbing and descending the Notch, we crossed he Summit Plateau to the Crater Lake. From there, we descended on the Whakapapaiti(/Whakapapa) glacier and took the shortest route straight on back to Iwikau village.
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