As a former competitive snowboarder and instructor, and later a researcher of snow sports, I've been lucky to enjoy ski resorts around the world. But nothing compares to Mount Ruapehu on a good day.

Thomas Pesquet: Mount Ruapehu, to the east of Mount Taranaki and also mostly snow-capped. Top tips for telling it apart? This mountain has lakes, little siblings (including Mount Ngauruhoe aka Mount ...

A rapidly heating crater lake shows that Mt Ruapehu is certainly not dormant. Sharp increases in the temperature of the crater lake, in Tongariro National Park, and an increase in volcanic tremors ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) took a photo of Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, as reported by SciTechDaily. The photo offers a straight-down view of the mountain. WANGANUI, ...