Wills Hut
Wills Hut (4 bunk, Stove, river water) is a standard four bunk forestry style hut on tussock flats in the Wills Valley. The hut is in good condition, and kept warm by a good Oregon woodburning stove, which also has hotplates for cooking.
The hut is in the first catchment west of the main divide off the Haast Pass road. The Wills Pass gives a good route into Fergusson Creek and thence the Hunter Valley. The pass into Long Flat Creek is also reasonable. Both of these passes are unmarked routes and as such the usual caveats apply.
The easiest access to the Hunter is the low Wilson pass 7km upriver at the head of the valley.
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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 4
4
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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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Haast Pass SH6, Gates of Haast Brdige: Good cut marked track, benched in places. 8km (2 - 6 hours) Ferguson Hut (Hunter Valley): Unmarked route via Wills Pass. 19km. 6-12 hrs. Forbes Hut (Hunter valley): 9km on unmarked route over low Wilson Pass then cut track 7km down Hunter (starts 100m up valleyside on true right at bushedge) to hut. |
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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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520m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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No coverage |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BZ13
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