Mt Ruapehu - Tahurangi from Whakapapa
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Hi there,
I've been looking at doing a climb of Mt Ruapehu at some point beyond the crater lake to Tahurangi.
I've seen some information on here about routes from the Turoa side, however I have a base at Iwikau Village on the Whakapapa side and was wondering whether anyone had summited from here before and whether there were any risks in travelling around the crater lake from the Dome past Mangaturuturu Glacier before heading up to Tahurangi.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers
I did this years ago. Many.
From Dome it's easy to head across the Summit Plateau and along the easy ridge to Pyramid Peak. Descending down to the lake outlet there was a bit of a step maybe one rope length ... I don't remember if we finished up abseiling down it or not. Besides the whole area is so dynamic it's probably changed since then.
After that the amble up and around Tahurangi didn't present any problems. But keep in mind ... you really don't want to slide into the lake itself. Not nice at all.
And any south facing slopes will very likely be quite icy.
at this time of year its as icy as hell above the lake and toward the summit and you have to be competent with ice axe and crampons
As Waynowki said, at this time of year it is definitely a mountaineering trip not just a tramp. That said, it's quite common to climb Tahurangi from the Whakapapa side and traverse the crater lake. I've walked up both Pyramid and L Peak, but haven't traversed between them as I chickened out of the steep exposed section after a hard day.
See the links below for more information.
http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/ni/tongariro/mt-ruapehu/pyramid-pk
http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/ni/tongariro/mt-ruapehu/tahurangi
I went up Ngauruhoe about four weeks ago with crampons and an ice axe, would the conditions and snow on the Ruapehu summit be much different?
Not really. Just be aware that any south facing slope will be a lot more prone to really hard solid ice.
And that four weeks is time enough for conditions to have changed a bit.
If conditions are nice and the step down from Pyramid Peak to the lake outlet isn't iced up too much, then it is quite do-able. Definitely ice-axe and crampons territory.
Not sure I'd do it on my own; that's your call.
sorry but Ruapehu can be a lot worse. its a lot higher and there can be ice on the north as well as south facing slopes at almost any time of year, right into early summer
no because i was stopped by ice above crater lake....
even Ngauruhoe can be dangerous to climb if the conditions are right.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/69513220/Rescuers-cling-to-mountain-in-daring-night-rescue
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