Online alarm clock for 2:36 am
You are just waking at 2:36 am, with the Tongariro track departure still ahead of you rather than underway. Set the alarm for the time you need to leave, then use the quiet minutes before 3:00 am to get fully alert, dress, and check that everything you planned to take is together.
Because the house is likely quiet, check your phone’s sound settings before relying on the alert. Silent mode can leave a visible alarm easy to miss, so raise the volume and test the sound briefly without waking everyone nearby. For the Tongariro track departure, keep this alarm page active and your phone awake: the alert cannot sound once the page is closed or the phone has gone to sleep.
A pre-dawn start can make the rest of the day feel tightly scheduled, so leave a buffer between setting off and whatever follows later. At 2:36 am, small delays such as finding a misplaced layer, filling a bottle, or checking the car can use that margin quickly. Decide now which later commitment has flexibility, and keep enough spare time that the track morning does not force a rushed transition into the next part of your day.