https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/14/ShowForum.aspxAnything not officially a club trip - tramps, mountain biking.. anything else..enCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.1)https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/472.aspxThu, 29 Mar 2007 05:38:32 GMT16d72366-88ed-474a-b0cc-65d60f7c13e3:472Emilio0https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/472.aspxhttps://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&PostID=472<P>Satellite images of Ruapehu Lahar here:</P> <P><A href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id%3d17596">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id%3d17596</A></P>https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/469.aspxWed, 28 Mar 2007 17:01:51 GMT16d72366-88ed-474a-b0cc-65d60f7c13e3:469Hannah0https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/469.aspxhttps://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&PostID=469On the weekend a bunch of us trundled up to the top of Ruapehu to see what we could see.&nbsp; In perfect weather we made our way around from above Turoa skiifield to the crater glacier and camped on the summit plateau (the entire Taupo Cessna fleet gave us a fly-by in&nbsp;the morning).&nbsp; We got a good view down the Whangaehu River towards the Desert Road of the large dirty braids the lahar had made en route&nbsp;to Tangiwai Bridge.&nbsp; The crater lake now has a beach all the way around it, though you might want to take a beach umbrella as the scientists have been talking about the possibility of&nbsp;geysers.&nbsp; Which is all asmuch to say, GNS have released photos from the crater webcam of the dam bursting, and you can find them <A class="" title="Ruapehu Lahar " href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0703/S00066.htm">here.</A>