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Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand

Prominence: 2797 m, 9177 ft

Elevation: 2797 meters, 9177 feet

True Isolation: 340.67 km, 211.69 mi

Highest Summit	Tahurangi
Subpeaks	Paretetaitonga (2751 m/9026 ft) Te Heuheu (2732 m/8963 ft) Tukino Peak (2720 m/8924 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 17' 22'' S, 175° 33' 45'' E -39.289485, 175.562564 (Dec Deg) 376036 E 5650113 N, Zone 60 (UTM)
Country	New Zealand
State/Province	Wanganui-Manawatu (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 56 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 51) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1993-11-12 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2009-10-24 by Jack Magill 2012-03-10 by Daniel Menzies 2012-04-08 by Jon Colbert 2014-07-26 by Jon Colbert 2014-12-30 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2015-01-26 by Richard Mclellan (GPS Track) 2015-08-29 by Dustin Erickson 2016-03-02 by Adam Walker 2017-02-24 by Richard Tibbetts 2018-02-02 by James Stone 2018-09-17 by Anthony Marra 2019-03-15 by Duncan Lennon
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A lone skier "boots up" from the top ski lift of the Turoa ski area towards the summit crest of Ruapehu (1993-11-12).
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 2797 m/9177 ft Optimistic Prominence: 2797 m/9177 ft Key Col: Pacific Ocean 0 m/0 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 340.67 km/211.69 mi Isolation Limit Point: -41.995, 173.6633 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Tapuae-o-Uenuku (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: Australia-Oceania Range2: New Zealand Range3: New Zealand North Island (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean
Island	North Island (Highest Point)
Ownership	Land: Tongariro National Park (Highest Point)
Ski Area	Whakapapa
First Ascent	December 23, 1839 Dieffenbach, Ernst
Route #1	Scramble Trailhead: Turoa Ski Area Lift (Ski Lift) 2325 m/7628 ft Vertical Gain: 472 m/1549 ft Distance (one way): 1.05 km/0.65 mi
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The Ruapehu massif from the scrubby flatlands surrounding its base (1993-11).

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Summit of Ruapehu (2016-03-01). Photo by Heather Anderson.
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