Taranaki - North Summit Route in winter

its a steep walk using the main route from the north, with ice axe and crampons and appropriate experience in their use. if you're not very experienced in alpine environments, I'd advise against going alone, conditions can get tricky. 80 people have died on Mt Taranaki, the vast majority in winter on the upper part of the mountain. There can be avalanche danger, check the avalanche warning levels before going, the levels can change from day to day... https://www.avalanche.net.nz/region/ you can get very hard ice, if you slip on that and cant self arrest quickly, you face a very long rapid descent that has resulted in major injury or death. It's a very exposed, subject to rapid and very severe weather changes. high winds are common. main route from the north side https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/wanganui/mt-taranaki-summit-route-factsheet.pdf also from the south east via fanthams peak but subhect to more icy conditions from the south any other routes are for experienced climbers

You start sliding on that mountain there isnt much terrain that will stop you. Coroners reports have quoted falls of 300+ meters

Plenty of time to watch a re play of your life on the way down then...

Oosh yeah she was steep, featureless and icy.