Follow the footsteps to beat the crowds

September 2011

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September 2011

Resting by Crater Lake. Photo: Tania Seward
Summit Plateau, Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park By rights, Andrew and I shouldn’t have been on the mountain that day. The staff at the Whakapapa DOC centre had warned us of ice patches on the upper slopes and a relaxing week away in Napier’s Kaweka Ranges was beckoning. But the weather forecast was settled for […]

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