Tongariro Alpine Crossing New Zealand 06/10/2017 1400 × 1050 Taking On Tongariro Alpine Crossing and Developing PTSD: Post-traumatic Stairs Disorder The highest point of the Crossing: Red Crater. Oxidation of iron dyes the rock with a crimson-red colour. Fumaroles also line the crater, from which a suffocating sulphuric smell emanates.