Department of Conservation | Te Papa Atawhai
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Located in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Otago region
Book online
Introduction
This is a serviced 20-bunk hut in the Wanaka/Makarora area. You need to book to stay at this hut during the summer season. Book online before you go.Facilities and services
Huts have basic facilities. You'll need to take:
- Sleeping bag
- Stove and fuel
- Pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag (to pack out all rubbish, including food scraps)
- Newspaper/fire starter and matches/lighter for the wood burner
- Torch
Labour weekend (late October) – May 1:
Resident hut warden.
May 1 – Labour weekend (late October):
No hut warden.
Fees
Backcountry Hut Passes
Passes are valid for use in this hut from 1 May to 30 September. Passes won't be accepted from 1 October to 30 April.
Hut fees
- Adult (18+ years): $30 per night
- Child/youth (5–17 years): $15 per night
- Infant: (0–4 years): free
Fees to camp at the hut
- Adult (18+ years): $10 per night
- Child/youth (5–17 years): $5 per night
- Infant: (0–4 years): free
Labour weekend (late October) – 30 April
Bookings are required in the summer season (late October – 30 April). Pay when you make a booking.
1 May – Labour weekend (late October)
Bookings are not required but fees still apply.
Before you go, buy 3 Standard Hut Tickets (blue) for adults or 3 Standard Youth Hut Tickets (yellow) for youths for each night's stay. Put this in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass for unlimited use at most Serviced and Standard huts for a 12 month period.
Bookings
Bookings are open for stays from 25 October 2025 to 30 April 2026.
All bookings are first-come first-served. We do not have waiting lists for bookings for future seasons or facilities that are already booked-out.
Labour weekend (late October) - 30 April
Bookings are required to stay in the hut. Bookings are not required to camp at the hut.
A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.
Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
1 May - Labour weekend (late October)
Bookings are not required - first come, first served. Fees still apply.
Approximate times from nearest huts
- Young Hut via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 6– 8 hr (12 km)
- Kerin Forks Hut via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 2– 3 hr (7 km)
- SH 6 (Haast Highway) via Gillespie Pass Circuit: 6– 8 hr (22 km)
Tracks to this hut
Located in Mount Aspiring National ParkThis excellent circuit for experienced parties provides spectacular mountain scenery, alpine vegetation and river valleys filled with silver beech/tawhai. You can also do a side trip to Crucible Lake.Gillespie Pass Circuit
Duration: 3 - 4 daysDifficulty: Advanced1 alerts
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: BZ12
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1285188, N5097726
A hut warden will be on site periodically during the booking season, from 1 December to end of April.