So back before Christmas, we attempted to do a hike on the Coromandel Peninsula named 'The Pinnacles' but got rained out. Fortunately, we got another opportunity to do the hike last weekend.
We headed out early Saturday morning with a few friends ready for a day of 'tramping'. It was a great hike, with some fun river crossings (and rickety wire flood bridges that only hold one person at a time), lots of elevation gain, and a picturesque panorama at the top. We took about 5 hours for the round trip. The ice cream on the way home was pretty good too.
The view from almost the top.
Justin, pointing somewhere?
The staircase to the top. It was steeper than it looks.
Looking down at the pathway to the top. You can see the Pinnacles Hut off to the right. You can reserve a spot to stay overnight in the hut, which is about a 30 min hike to the top. It would be pretty nice to stay there overnight and make it up to the peak for sunrise.
The girls, looking down from the top on our kingdom (or queendom).
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