Turoa skifield

Ohakune Mountain Road, Mount Ruapehu, NZ

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Turoa skifield stood in as The Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

The upper slopes of Mt Ruapehu above Ohakune Mountain Road in Tongariro National Park. Summer hiking access to the tussock slopes where Bilbo finds the hidden door.

Movie scenes filmed here

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013Thorin's company searches the southern slopes of Erebor for the secret entrance; Bilbo finds the keyhole as the last light of Durin's Day strikes the mountainside.

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