Thread: Waihohonu, Tongariro NP

I was in there a couple of weeks ago. More fresh sign around than late August so the deer are moving around more, though we didn't see anything (other than a hare).
Tuesday was a nice day, especially since it meant DOC delivered a load of firewood that morning. The forecast for Wednesday night was -5 and I wasn't looking forward to a hut with no firewood.
Wednesday was very windy, then the cloud moved in, followed by sleet and driving snow. The school group of 14 who headed for the Rangipo hut that morning ended up pulling the pin and arrived back at Waihohonu mid-late afternoon looking very wet and cold.
Thursday we woke up to an inch or two of snow, it made the walk out interesting and the Desert Road was closed but opened about the time we got to the carpark. Going on the prints on the track a red hind and yearling had come out of the low scrub not too far from the carpark and followed the track all the way to the Te Mako bush - they probably decided to head for decent cover when it started snowing!