Nearby | Ruapehu round the mountain track

Whakapapaiti Valley

Track • 1 day. Easy. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 569m away

This is an easy day trip in summer from Whakapapaiti Village. Allow about six hours, but you can do it ... More ▶︎

Wangaehu River - Between Rangipo and Waihohonu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 569m away

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Round the Mountain: Ruapehu

Track • 5 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 569m away

Combined with part of the Tongariro Northern Circuit, this track forms a loop around Mt Ruapehu. Combined with the other ... More ▶︎

Whakapapaiti Valley Loop (Tongariro National Park)

GPX file • Distance: 661m away

This is a delightful six hour day trip from the Whakapapa Village Visitors Centre. Take your lunch and enjoy the ... More ▶︎

Whakapapiti Valley Loop (Tongaririo National Park)

GPX file • Distance: 661m away

This is a delightful easy six hour day trip from the Whakapapa Village Visitors Centre. Take your lunch and enjoy ... More ▶︎

Whakapapa Nature Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 878m away

A brief sealed track introducing the park's vegetation zonation. More ▶︎

Tongariro Northern Circuit

GPX file • Distance: 944m away

A complete log of the Tongariro Northern Circuit completed on March 8, 2008. More ▶︎

Silica Rapids Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 949m away

Creamy-white aluminosilicate deposits near Whakapapa village. More ▶︎

Whakapapa Village

Place • Place. • Distance: 965m away

A small village located inside Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage Area. More ▶︎

Tama Lakes Track

Track • Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.2km away

A good day walk onto the Tama Saddle, visiting explosion craters near the foot of Ngauruhoe. Excellent panoramic views on ... More ▶︎

Tongariro Northern Circuit

Track • 3 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 1.2km away

This circuit on the Volcanic Plateau passes close to the summit of Tongariro in a spectacular, active volcanic landscape of ... More ▶︎

Ridge Track

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.2km away

A brief climb onto the subalpine shrub fields offering panoramic views. More ▶︎

Round The Mountain (Ruapheu)

GPX file • Distance: 1.3km away

Stage 1 Round The Mountain Track More ▶︎

Whakapapanui Track

Track • Easy. Return via road or same track. • Distance: 1.6km away

An easy all-weather walk through forest alongside the Whakapapanui Stream. More ▶︎

Taranaki Falls

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 2.6km away

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Taranaki Falls

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

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Round The Mountain (Ruapehu) - Stage 3

GPX file • Distance: 2.9km away

This is an excellent day trip in good weather, or can be conveniently split into an overnight trip with a ... More ▶︎

Bruce Road

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

Exit point for Round the Mountain track on Bruce Road above Whakapapa village. More ▶︎

Taranaki Falls

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

These picturesque falls are located within easy walking distance of the Chateau Tongariro and are well worth visiting. A harmless challenge ... More ▶︎

ATC Memorial hut, Ruapehu

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

ATC memorial hut, Iwikau village, Mt Ruapehu. taken August 2005. More ▶︎

Whakapapaiti Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

Ruapehu More ▶︎

Whakapapaiti Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

18 Bunk hut part of the ruapehu round the mountain track More ▶︎

Whakapapaiti

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 18. • Distance: 3.7km away

18 Bunk hut 2.5hrs from Whakapapa Village More ▶︎

Mt Ruapehu Crater Lake

GPX file • Distance: 4.1km away

This trip goes up to the Crater Lake from the Top of the Bruce and then comes down via the ... More ▶︎

Rotorua Tramping & Skiing Club

Club • Distance: 4.2km away

We are an active tramping club with trips most weekends. We also have a lodge on Mt Ruapehu and 2 ... More ▶︎

Whakapapaiti Valley

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Looking across Whakapapaiti Valley More ▶︎

Ruapehu Te Hue Hue Summit

Track • Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 5.0km away

Rocky walk in summer leaving from the Knoll Rigde Cafe' for a scramble up the ridge. great views with very few ... More ▶︎

Climbing up from the Top of the Bruce

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

The first part of the climb up Mt Ruapehu involves climbing through the Whakapapa Ski Field More ▶︎

delta corner Mt ruapehu

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

delta ridge location of NZ Alpine club hut More ▶︎

Mountain Tarn

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Looking towards Hauhungatahi volcano which is thought to have erupted about 900,000 years ago, and therefore is significantly older than ... More ▶︎

Lower Tama Lake

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

I took my Canadian cousins up to Tama Lake. They thoroughly enjoyed the trip More ▶︎

Lower Tama Lake

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Worthwhile day trip from Whakapapa Village More ▶︎

Ngauruhoe from Ruapehu

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away

Two days of heavy snow gave way to a perfect day for a climb. More ▶︎

Tongariro National Park World Heritage Area

Place • World Heritage Area. 795.96km². • Distance: 6.7km away

Tongariro National Park was given to the Crown by the Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi in 1887, and became New Zealand's first ... More ▶︎

Slogging up the snow gully above Dome Ridge

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

It is a bit of a haul up this bit, especially if the snow is soft More ▶︎

Summit Plateau - Mount Ruapehu

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

A view from Glacier Knob of Summit Plateau looking SW towards Cathedral Rocks. January 1st 2011. More ▶︎

Above the Ruapehu summit plateau

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Heading north towards the notch. Fantastic day for it! More ▶︎

Makatote River

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Headwaters of the Makatote River More ▶︎

Hauhungatahi Track

GPX file • Distance: 7.9km away

Hauhungatahi, also called Baldy, is the prominent hill just outside National Park. It is in a remote experience zone so ... More ▶︎

Hauhungatahi Wilderness Area

Place • Wilderness Area. 84.98km². • Distance: 7.9km away

Forested and alpine western slopes of Mount Ruapehu within Tongariro National Park, including the small volcanic remnant, Hauhungatahi (1521m). More ▶︎