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New Zealand Huts starting with A |
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A Frame Date: May 2010 Where: Ruahine Forest Park Description: DOC (4) Access: From car park at end of Tamaki West Road, 2 hours - uphill all the way! Comments: Looks better than it really is - all this hut has is a bare sleeping platform, an inside sink bench, and an outside water tank at the back. Everything else has been removed (including the toilet), so if you intend to stay the night, take a thermarest. The walk to the hut is great, though, with awesome views, and it makes a good stopover for lunch, or as part of a loop walk to or from Stanfield or Cattle Creek huts. Still worth a visit! |
Ada Pass Date: June 2011 Where: St James Conservation Area. Description: DOC (16) , Serviced Access: 4-4.5 hrs from top of Lewis Pass. 4 hrs from Christopher Hut. Comments: A cosy hut well stocked with coal for those cold winter nights. Excellent outlook over the Spencer Mountains and located below one of the easiest crossings of the Southern Alps. |
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Alpha Where: below Alpha, Tararua Forest Park Description: TTC (16) Access: 6 hours from the Kaitoke road end, 4-5 hours to Kime Hut. Comments: The first Alpha Hut was built in 1915, the 2nd replaced it in 1953 ( it was 6 yards inside the new water catchment area) and the 3rd in 1982 (hut 2 burned). Two sleeping platforms, tank water (outside). A cosy hut with a nice view of Mt. Hector. It was upgraded in early 1996 - essentially making this the fourth hut on Alpha. |
Anchorage Where: The Anchorage, a bay on the Abel Tasman coastline. Description: DOC (26) Access: 3 to 4 easy hours hiking from the Marahau road end. 3-4 hours to Bark Bay Hut. Comments:A Great Walk hut (needs a dated ticket brought in advance) with no gas stoves. Two sleeping platforms in each of two rooms to either side of the central living/cooking room. |
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Anderson Memorial Where: Between Junction Knob and Kahiwiroa, Tararua Forest Park Description: DOC (6) Access: About 5 hours from Waitewaewae Hut via a steep climb. 4.5 hours from Maungahuka. Comments:The original hut was first dropped on the site by Oliver Anderson (a pilot) who died a year later flying supplies to the Fiordland deer cullers. Six bunks with mattresses. Nestled in bush but good views 200 metres to the north. |
Angelus Date: November 2010 Where: Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park Description: DOC (28) Access: 5-7 hours from the Mt. Robert carpark (along the Robert Ridge), about 7 hours from the carpark via Speargrass Hut, 6 hours up steeply from Lakehead Hut, 6 hours from Sabine Hut via Mt Cedric and 5 untracked hours over Sunset Saddle from Hopeless Hut. Comments: One of the best sited huts in NZ with the blue lake at your feet. Expect lots of people. New hut (2010). Few huts have a view this good from within. Bookings required in summer. See the view from the other side! |
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Anne Date: June 2011 Where: St James Conservation Area. Description: DOC (20) Access: 4-4.5 hrs from Christopher Hut, 6 hrs from Boyle Flats Hut. Comments: A brand new hut which only opened for use this month (June 2011) after the previous hut burnt down in 2010.The new Hut is located approximately 20 minutes north of the old hut and is located on a open sunny terrace.Seperate DOC warden accomodation attached. |
Aokaparangi Date: 12 April 2011 Where: South east side of Aokaparangi Peak, Southern Main Range, Tararua Forest Park. Description: DOC (2) Access: 3-4 hrs from Maungahuka Hut, 3-4 hrs from Anderson Memorial Hut, 3 hrs from Mid Waiohine Hut. Comments: It has two bunks and a cooking bench, with a separate covered verandah. |
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Arete Date: 24 March 2008 Where: East of Arete peak, Tararua State Forest Description: DOC (2) Access: 2 to 3 hours from Te Matawai Hut. Comments: While this is only a bivouac, it has an important safety role for those traversing the northern Tararuas. Very tidy well built little hut. Is raised off the ground so is not too damp and has water. |
Arete Forks Where: North eastern side of Tararuas beside the Waingawa River (below Arete), Tararua State Forest Description: DOC (6) Access: From Cow Creek Hut via the river 2 to 2.5 hours. Via a high sidle track 3 to 4 hours. Comments: The hut sleeps 6 and possibly could be washed away at some stage in the future if the river gets any closer. A very beautiful part of the Tararuas. |
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Atiwhakatu Where: Atiwhakatu Stream (under Jumbo), Tararua State Forest Description: DOC (12) Access: 3 easy hours from the Mt. Holdsworth road end, 3 hours (down!) from Jumbo Hut. Comments: Water from the nearby stream. Handy for a head start on a Friday night. Upgraded on May 2009 (a picture of the older hut is here). Picure courtesy of: Tony Graham |
Awatere Where: Ruahine State Forest Description: DOC (3) Access: 1 hour from Kashmir Road end or 3 to 4 hours from Makaratu Hut. Comments: Does have some sleeping room on the floor but no place to take a large group. A quaint little hut on the north branch of the Makaratu River. |
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Asbestos Date: Dec 2008 Where: Kahurangi National Park, topomap M27 Mount Arthur Description: DOC (4) Access: From car park on Cobb Dam Road, about 2 hours. Comments: This hut is not made from asbestos, but was occupied by Henry Chaffey (and his wife), who worked the nearby asbestos mine (now defunct) for many years. The hut has been restored by DOC (great job!) and is a living museum, with information panels on its history, and the people who lived there - fascinating, and very, very interesting. Some original bits of furniture still there, too. Four bunks with foam mattresses, toilet, water from nearby stream, and fireplace. Great as a day tramp, or first overnight stop if doing a multi-day trip in the park. |
Awaroa Where: Awaroa Inlet on the Abel Tasman coastline. Description: DOC (25) Access: 2 easy hours from Totaranui but the crossing of the inlet must be done within 2 hours either side of low tide. 4 hours from Bark Bay and its hut with another tidal crossing. Comments: Wonderful setting looking across the inlet. Great Walk hut - book in advance. No gas. |
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