Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. The 2518-metre-high mountain is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world, the volcano Mt Egmont rules supreme standing tall above the surrounding landscape.
In good weather it is a challenging climb for the fit and well prepared.
At first we planned to walk for a short walking trail in this national park, but after meeting a local guy (in the middle of the short trail) who recommended us to climb over the top, we decided to change our plans for a bit and to go with full power all the way to the summit of the mountain, and it was definitely worth the efforts.
It was not an easy climbing, 5.5 hours ascend from 940 meters above sea level until the top (2518 m), at some parts we were sliding down a bit since the surface was sliding gravel, at the end of the climb we had to use our hands to grab the rocks because it was so very steep.
At the top we were able to see above the cloud line some parts of New Zealand which were so far away like the south island.
the way down look us 3.5 hours and looked like an eternity and we can say that some time we skied without snow (on the gravel) and fell down a lot.
That was one of the hardest tracks we did in this country, but also one of the rewarded ones.
Have fun,
Efrat and Yoni.
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