Price Flat Hut
Prices Flat Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove) lies on a small terrace 100m above the Whitcombe River, adjacent to Cateract Creek. It's a comfortable, forestry style hut, free of the numerous sandflies which swarm the historic Prices Flat Hut, on the river flats 500m downstream.
The hut lies on the Whitcombe Valley track from the Whitcombe roadend over the Whitcombe Pass to Glenfalloch Station on the Raikaia. There's also an unmaintained route above the hut, climbing to clear tops of Mt Tarleton. Prices River, opposite, provides another option for exploring, and contains a hut near its head: Pricres Basin Hut. Deer and Chamois numbers are reasonable, and this is a popular spot for hunters, many of whom chopper in.
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Owner
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Owner: DOC |
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Category
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Standard Hut |
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Sleeps
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Sleeps 6
6
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Facilities
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Toilet, Enclosed wood/coal burner |
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Water supply
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Tap or tank water |
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Getting there
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Whitcombe roadend (J33 482038): 25km. Hut -> Frew Hut (9km, 3.5-7hrs) -> Rapid Ck Hut (7km) -> roadend (9km) Raikaia Valley (Glenfalloch Station): 40km. Hut -> Wilkinson Hut turnoff (5.5km, 2.5-5 hrs) -> Neave Hut (3.5km, 1.5-3hrs) -> Louper Biv (11km, 5-9 hrs) -> roadend (20km) |
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Unlocked
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This hut is unlocked and open to access. |
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Altitude
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380m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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No coverage |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BW18
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