Last weekend down to Wgtn was a good ride. A fair bit of rain. Came back through the Desert Road and there was no snow or ice on the road and small sprinkles of snow on the side of the road but not much. Rain on and off from Spooners Hill? North of Taihape through to the end of the Desert Road and pretty much nothing else.

In hindsight with the traffic North of Turangi I should have just stuck with Ohakune and the Big T as there was no decent view of the mountain. Temps didn't drop below 8 degrees from memory.