Mount / Mt Ruapehu

Mount / Mt Ruapehu

Skyline Ridge walk

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View from Skyline Ridge
Near the top of the Skyline hike.

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Mount / Mt Ruapehu

Amazing vistas from Mt Ruapehu

In the summer ride the chairlifts up to the Knoll Ridge Cafe to get quick access to several awesome walks on Mt Ruapehu.

The walk up to Skyline Ridge is fairly short with big rewards. A 1.5 to 2 hour round trip that takes you to 2300 meters above sea level. From this altitude the views are awesome, you can see across Tongariro National Park, Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Tongariro and Lake Taupo. This is a courtesy mark trail starting from the top of the chairlifts by the Knoll ridge cafe at 2000m and travels through old lava flows and loose ash it is not a benched track.

If weather conditions deteriorate during the day we may close lifts earlier than planned. If this happens, and you miss your lift ride down, you will have to make your own way back to the base area on foot. Follow the orange and blue markers starting from the top of the Waterfall Express Chairlift.

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandRuapehuTongariro / National Park Village

Categories

  • Activity__walking_and_trekkingWalking
  • Free

Directions

To Coordinates

Coordinates

-39.2364419679711

175.555736923218

Latitude
-39.2364419679711
Longitude
175.555736923218

Reviews

    • Awesome.
    • Fun to take the chair lifts up.
    • We missed the snow at home but here we had it.
    • Excellent.
    • Went up the ski lift that costs $30.
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  • 5.0/5

    We missed the snow at home but here we had it.

    Take a ride with the chairlift to the highest cafe in New Zealand at 2020m. Especially the 'Skyline Walk' offers an incredible view over the National park and wandering through snow in summer months is a lot of fun!

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in January 2016

    GERMANY
    Daniel Roedel's avatar

    Daniel Roedel

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Starts with 2 alpine lifts and then you walk for two hours.

    Not an easy walk!! You have the option to go to the Crater, it takes 3 more hours.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    GERMANY
    Ruven Rintelmann's avatar

    Ruven Rintelmann

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Went up the ski lift that costs $30.

    It is a 2 hour walk from there. It is like being on Mars. Very bleak. The view at the end is amazing though. Must have a head for heights though!

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

  • 2.5/5

    We bought tickets to go on the lift to the place where we should begin our walk (fair price).

    Although the signs misguided us in the wrong direction so we did not enjoy the walk that much.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    DENMARK
    Mette Elholm's avatar

    Mette Elholm

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Evelyn Mackie's avatar

    Evelyn Mackie

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Excellent.

    Walked to the ridge from second chair lift.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Phil Bromby's avatar

    Phil Bromby

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Amazing views and well worth the climb and effort.

    We walked it in 2 hours with our 5 year old son. He also loved it.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014

    DENMARK
    Sara Clausen's avatar

    Sara Clausen

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Fun to take the chair lifts up.

    We did the walk with 2 children (4 and 5 years old), So it was a 4 hour walk! But they liked it, managed to go up to the top and the view was STUNNING!

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014

    BELGIUM
    Marieke Feyteres's avatar

    Marieke Feyteres

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Easy enough for a five year old child, wonderful view, chair lift.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in February 2014

    GERMANY
    Cornelia Witte's avatar

    Cornelia Witte

    Customer