Fees
Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. To pay with your Backcountry Hut Pass, create/update your account on our booking system. Under 'Apply for a discount', select 'Backcountry Hut Pass Holder' and upload a scan of your pass. Once we've verified your pass, it will automatically be applied when you make a booking.
Bookings
Bookings are required all year. For more information about what you can expect as a 'booked' and 'non-booked' hut user, see Booking huts on the Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit.
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.
Powell Hut can be accessed via Holdsworth Road end and is on the popular Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit.
2 km south of Masterton, turn off SH2 into Norfolk Road, which turns into Mt Holdsworth Road. Follow signs to Tararua Forest Park, about 15 km from SH2.
Approximate times from nearest road and huts
- Holdsworth Road end: 4 hr
- Jumbo Hut: 3 hr
- Mid Waiohine Hut: 3 hr
Tracks to this hut
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Duration: powell hut: 5 – 6 hr return, mount holdsworth: 7 – 8 hr return Difficulty: Intermediate -
Duration: 12 hr Difficulty: Intermediate
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: BP34
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1804184, N5471183
- Dogs are not allowed in backcountry huts.
- Hunters must comply with the Arms Code.
- Any disorderly conduct will not be tolerated and will be handled in conjunction with the local police.
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