Longview Hut
Ruahine Forest Park
Longview hut (12 bed platforms, firewood, tank water,non-flush toilet) provided a view of nothing but mist on the occasion I visited it, but in the sleet and mist of a late october storm, the provision of gas heating more than made up for the lack of a view.
-Update: DOC supplies firewood to the serviced hut for heating instead of gas.
The hut sits just to the east of the ridgeline, protected from the worst of the nor-westerlies. It is on a boggy tussock flat, still some 200m above the treeline.
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Owner
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Owner: DOC |
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Category
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Serviced Hut |
Sleeps
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Sleeps 12
12
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Facilities
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Toilet, Enclosed wood/coal burner |
Water supply
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Tap or tank water |
Getting there
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Kashmir Roadend (277880,612410): 2.5km (45m-1.5h) weather dependant Cattle Creek Hut: 20km (8-16 hours) track with creek xings Daphne Hut: 6.5km (time unknown) Howletts Hut: 9km (3-6 hours) poled route Iron Gate Hut: 11km (time unknown) poled route Top Gorge Hut: 4km (time unknwon) river/poled route |
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Unlocked
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This hut is unlocked and open to access. |
Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Altitude
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1,100m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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Yes, some coverage Limited Vodafone coverage |
Maps
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NZTopo50-BL36
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