Climbing up Mt Taranaki, a dormant volcano, is no walk in the park. So don’t let anyone tell you that getting up to the summit of Mt Taranaki (2,518m) is easy. From the Egmont National Park Visitors Centre, it’s a challenging climb of around 1,600m to the top. In perfect weather, we climbed up Mt […]
Mt Taranaki
New Zealand: Mt Taranaki
Attempting to summit Mt Taranaki (aka, Mt Egmont) is a test of both endurance and weather, irrespective of the season. On this day in January, it was cloudy, windy and wet with the odd rock slide to boot. While we didn’t quite make the summit due to the inclement weather, we did the next best […]