Frisco hut
Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. It is situated up in the high bush approximately 400 vertical metres above the river. The route up the Hokitika needed to be high to avoid Frisco Canyon.
This hut receives very few walk in visitors. Access is challenging because the old tracks either side of the hut have become completely overgrown in places through not having been cut for close to 40 years. In 2009 MM & I accessed the hut ok from the Diedrichs Range. Some years prior to this regular tramping companion JH & a DOC employee managed to follow the old track down from the Poet - Bluff track with some difficulty. That would be much harder now!
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Owner
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Owner: DOC |
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Category
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Basic Hut/Bivvy |
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Sleeps
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Sleeps 4
4
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Facilities
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Toilet |
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Water supply
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No water |
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Getting there
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1/The best access now that the Poet - Bluff track was re cut in 2009 is to follow on down the Hokitika R. to Detour Creek then walk up the hut? There is permolat where the old track crosses the creek and above the bank where you climb out but you need to look carefully or you'll miss it. Once out of the creek here the old track is followable to the hut a couple of minutes away. 2/Via the Diedrichs Range from either direction. *More detailed information is available at the Permolat site. |
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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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825m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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No coverage |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BV19
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