Clark Hut / Clark Shelter (historic)

Clark Hut (4 beds + 1 camp bed, fireplace, firewood available in locality, river water) is a slab hut built in the 1930's. Originally a tent over a native beech frame (the canvas is still present inside), it has been walled with local pit-cut beech. The interior is of the same vein: beds are made of native beech poles, laid lengthways, and local riverstone has been used for the fireplace. Only the iron roof and window are brought in.

The hut remains a comfortable place to spend a night or more, with the usual assortment of pans and odds and ends that bring character to these old, remote huts.

The hut lies 1km across marshland from the main Grebe Valley track, and as such receives relatively little use. It sits on the bushedge, beside a stream, looking over expansive river flats. The ridge behind provides easy access to the clear tops above.