My second peak was Mt Te Aroha, the highest peak of the Kaimai ranges. This one starts in the Te Aroha domain and winds up to an initial lookout point which gives nice views out over the waikato plains on a clear day. The track then levels out for a while and gradually climbs in altitide. However, after a while it gets successifully steeper and towards the summit is a sheer scramble over rocks. Finally I reached the clearing at the top and was greeted by the towerig TV tower at the top. But alas, the journey is not quite done yet, to have truely bagged this peak one must climb a little further onto the trig on the other side of the TV tower.
Views here were good but hazy. Could just see the mount (Mt Maunganui) and the length of the kamai range. Still a climb well woth doing...
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