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New Zealand Huts from C to D |
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Carroll Date: 24 November 2001 Where: Kelly Range, Arthur's Pass National Park Description: DOC (7) Access: 2 hours steep climb from a roadside shelter. Comments: Carroll Hut, looking South down the valley towards Otira and Arthur's Pass. There is a car park on the left hand side of the road, approx 4km, heading North from Otira village. The hut sleeps eight people and is not heated. DOC plan to demolish this hut as the walls are rotting from inside. But the good news is that a replacement is on the cards. |
Chaffey Where: Cobb Valley, Kahurangi National Park Description: DOC (2) Access: 2 hours from the Cobb Reservoir, 3 hours from Cobb Hut. Comments: No longer maintained and just about falling down. Good for a lunch stop if you can stand the sandflies. |
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Cobb Where: Cobb Valley, Kahurangi National Park Description: DOC (4) Access: 5 hours from the Cobb Reservoir. Fenella Hut is less than an hour away. Comments: No longer maintained but still in good condition. Water from river. Four bunks with mattresses. Floor slopes due to rotting piles. |
Cone Where: Tauherenikau Valley, Tararua Forest Park Description: TTC (12) Access: 6 hours from the Kaitoke road end (1 hour from Tutuwai Hut), 5 hours across Cone Saddle from Totara Flats Hut. Comments: An outstanding example of bush carpentry. Built in 1946, renovated using original techniques in 1987. Adzed totara plank sleeping platform, dirt floor. Water from nearby stream. Interesting long drop - "Punga House of Pohy". Nice picnic table outside. |
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Cow Creek Where: Waingawa Valley, Tararua Forest Park Description: DOC (6) Access: Mitre Flats Hut is 3.5 hours downriver and Arete Forks Hut 5 hrs. upriver. 3 to 3.5 hours up the ridges to Blue Range Hut. Comments: Nice hut with a camping site nearer the river. The cable-way giving access across the river is fun. 6 bunks with mattresses. |
Dome Shelter Date: April 1998 Where: On the summit plateau of Mt. Ruapehu Description: DOC shelter Access: Approximately 3 hours walk from Knoll Ridge or 5 hours from the Top of the Bruce carpark. Comments: Shelter only. |
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Dun Mountain Where: Near the summit of Dun Mountain, Nelson Description: Shelter (2 bunks) Access: About 6 hours from the outskirts of Nelson city, 1.5 hours to Rocks Hut. Comments: Really a shelter or bivouac but has water tank, stove and long drop. |
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