• Adult (18+ years): $15 per night
• Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
• Child/Infant (0–4 years): free

Before you go, buy a hut ticket online for each night's stay. You can print or display the digital ticket on your device, or write down the ticket and confirmation numbers to take with you. You can also buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that allows you to stay at non-bookable DOC huts for a 12 month period.

Backcountry hut ticket terms and conditions

No track runs directly from the Forest Park boundary to Pourangaki Hut. To get to the hut expert navigational skills are needed, and extreme caution must be taken while exposed to strong winds at the tops of the range.

Access to the hut is via Mania Road, Rangiwahia. It takes about 7 hr on foot from here. Park at the road end and follow the Mania Road to Whanahuia Range Track to the end of the track.

From here the track ends, and there is no track markers or signage.

Walk along the tops to the Maungahue High Point then follow the tops to meet the Kelly Knight Hut to Pourangaki Hut Track.

Follow the track northeast to reach the hut. The walk on the tops are exposed and strong winds are common. Extra caution is required.