"Walked up from Mangawhero falls peak through skifield. Hard rime ice made for good cramponing. -4°C and moderate breeze at top. Returned same way and hitched ride back down to car from Turoa base." — AidanAstwood • Jun 26, 2024

"Day trip up from Mangatepopo hut. Not ideal weather... -2°C, 80km/h gusts and 5 metres visibilty on summit. Face sandblasted with snow. Still memorable experience though, plenty of fumaroles around crater rim melted all snow back. " — AidanAstwood • Jun 24, 2024

"This was the final mountain to climb for my son and my self made Everest challenge where we climbed mountains who's height added up to the height of Everest. It was a simple walk taking less than an hour up which wasn't exactly what we wanted but still satisfactory to knock the bastard off. The views of Lake Taupo and surrounding peaks was great." — loganscott • Nov 26, 2023

"Under a light rain with clouds cuvering the whole crater / volcanic cone. Bush wack in the lower part of the trail as it is not maintained and spotlighted to the national Park visitors. The upper part is made of little shrubs." — etiennedelabarre • Feb 5, 2023

"A very nice walk up a run down and over grown path and than up a short volcanic scree slope. Had a great little lunch on the rim of the U shaped crater. Then descended by bush bashing back to the car parked on the mangatepopo road." — nzclimber • Feb 14, 2015