![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/ngau.jpg) Ngauruhoe in the background. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/striae.jpg) Remarkably fresh glacier striae on lava. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/striaewater.jpg) Meltwater stream and glacier striae. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/ladybird.jpg) Ladybirds populate Ruapehu's lava just as they do on Etna. |
![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/taranaki.jpg) Small remnant of Whakapapa Glacier with ash layer from 1995/96 eruption; Mount Taranaki or Egmont in the background. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/lastridge.jpg) Following the ridge between Whakapapa Glacier and the Summit Plateau. Dome shelter to the left of the summit. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/tower.jpg) Cathedral Rocks (2663m) on the far side of the Summit Plateau. Very little permanent ice is left here are a result of glacier retreat. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/pandj.jpg) Cheese! Pam and Jürg in front of the steaming Crater Lake. |
![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/craterlake.jpg) Steaming Crater Lake and Tahurangi Peak (2797m) on the upper right. The place where the lake overflows, when it gets full, is in the middle of the far side. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/hole.jpg) No, this is not an impact from a recently erupted bomb! Ash covering a snow layer has collapsed where some melting has occurred. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/glaciertable.jpg) An unusual «volcanic glacier table». The block protects the underlying ice and snow from the sun's radiation and thus reduces melting. | ![Climbing Ruapehu Climbing Ruapehu](icons-rp-climb/descent.jpg) Quickly descening Ruapehu by means of a few remnant snow patches. |