The Wikipedia entry for this volcano is interesting.  Here’s a condensed snippet:  “In 1974, as part of a promotional campaign for his sponsor, skier Jean-Claude Killy was filmed skiing down the previously unskied eastern slope … The average slope on this side of the volcano is 35 degrees, and Killy was caught on radar skiing more than 100 miles per hour. As he fell on the first run, he did the descent twice. He used helicopters to access the mountain top when the last eruption had been the day before, and an eruption occurred at the end of his final run.  Mount Ngauruhoe was used as a stand-in for the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, achieving worldwide exposure …”  Go visit!  The postcard was mailed in or about 1976, judging from the dated postage stamp, with airmail sticker and indistinct postmark.  A nice card.  Grade: 1