Mt Taranaki

A group of us headed up from Wellington to Mt Taranaki for a weekend trip. We stayed at Tahurangi lodge on Saturday night, its a great lodge for headed up by the usual North ridge route on Taranaki. It was a bit cloudy, but other than that the weather was nice, and it was predicted to be a bit nicer the next day.

Heading up the track to the lodge.

The lodge.

The next day we were up nice and early and headed out of the lodge after dark. We were one of the earliest groups out, but it wasn't long before more other people were on the track as well. The track on Taranaki now has numbered poles which are great for working out how far there is to go when you are heading up. We got to the top at about lunch, and then headed down to the lodge again for afternoon, and then back to the car. It was a great trip.