Taranaki is the North Island's tallest mountain, biggest volcano, and most volcano-like looking volcano. We visited in 2014, and did a brief hike. Needing ever more steps, we decided to do it again in 2023, driving up to the Dawson Falls visitor center and hiking to Dawson Falls from there. Taranaki is one of those notorious big mountains that often shrouds itself in cloud. We had fine views of it coming and going in 2014, but this year it was but an island in the atmospheric river.
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| As we saw Taranaki in 2014 |
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| Walking in the weird woods |
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| Dawson Falls |
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| Us, there; c. 3,000 feet |
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| View to the east |
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| Looking up |
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| Southish; note squall, left |
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| The mountain again, mostly the little subsidiary peak... |
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And you thought totem poles are
just a Pacific Northwest thing... |
1 comment:
Maybe not brave...a little crazy! Ha ha!
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