Scoop Images: The White Mountain

Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 6:17 pm
Article: Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

A couple of nice photos from the Turoa side of Mt Ruapehu this week - the weather cleared to deliver us this…

…and with sunny weather expected the next couple of days we're looking forward to more.

Turoa has a fantastic snow base of 285 cms and Whakapapa has 240cms - the most since the 1995 eruptions!

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