Koropuku Hut

Arthur's Pass National Park

Cult Hut! A NZFS 4 bunk beauty with silken wooden floors, no fireplace, tasteful furnishings and domestic accoutrements including the guitar, plus a library. Guaranteed free of pollution from front country bimblies and other disrespectful creatures.

Mural gracing Koropuku hut • By glennj. Licence: C.
Key information
Owner
Owner: DOC
Category
Basic Hut/Bivvy
Sleeps
Sleeps 4
4
Facilities
Toilet
Water supply
No water
Getting there
Getting there
Otehake route: take NZFS track to open tops, descend via scree that narrows into a fault scarp valley. Townsend route: from Townsend hut, sidle and climb around 2 spurs and basins to gain saddle that overlooks Koropuku Valley. Koropuku gorge route: drop down from Otehake track to junction of river with gorge. Travel up gorge (agile scrambling required) till meets Big Gully. Go up this approx 80m vertical and then sidle, maintaining altitude till opposite "fault scarp" gully. Ref Remote Huts
Unlocked
This hut is unlocked and open to access.
Bookings
No bookings — open access
No — open access
Other
Altitude
845m
Mobile phone coverage
No coverage
Maps
NZTopo50-BV21
Link
www.remotehuts.co...http://www.remotehuts.co.nz/huts/koropuku/
Map
ID 4633

About this hut

Added 17 November 2009 by HonoraHonora. 2 revisions, most recently 27 October 2015 by HonoraHonora.
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