20 July 2015

Out and about: Mount Taranaki

On the Saturday before last we decided to take a trip up the mountain, which isn't too far away from us. We can see it from our village.

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The weather was clear and sunny and absolutely perfect. We dressed in warm layers and waterproof things and hopped in the car for the drive there, stopping to take a few pictures on the way.

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As we approached the mountain we began to see snow on the sides of the road.

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There are two car parks - the lower one has a sign at the road leading to the upper one, warning that you will need snow chains or 4x4 if you continue upward. Our car has 4x4 so we kept going.

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At the upper car park we stopped to have a play in the snow, sledding with our body boards.
The snow was knee deep in places.

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We decided to make the 25 minute walk up to the ski slope. This is the only way of getting there - you can't drive up, you have to be prepared to make the hike!

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The halfway point has a resting place and we stopped for a bit, debating whether or not we'd continue to the ski slope.

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We decided to continue on the path to the ski slope.

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You can see the path at the bottom of the picture below.

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Looking back from the ski slope to the resting place.

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After some fun on the slope we made the trek back to our car.

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Some of the way was easy peasy for the boys!

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If you'd like to see a video of our day, here it is (you'll need to click here to watch it if it's not showing up below).





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