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Backcountry Hut Pass exclusions
Introduction
The huts and accommodation listed here are not covered by the Backcountry Hut Pass. See the individual hut pages for alternative payment methods.
Huts excluded 1 October to 30 April inclusive
Northland
Peach Cove Hut
Puketi Forest Hut
Coromandel
Pinnacles Hut – Kauaeranga Kauri Trail
West Coast
Welcome Flat Hut
Nelson
Angelus Hut
Blue Lake Hut
John Tait Hut
Lakehead Hut
Sabine Hut
Speargrass Hut
Upper Travers Hut
West Sabine Hut
Otago
Brewster Hut
Daleys Flat Hut
Dart Hut
Greenstone Hut
Liverpool Hut
McKellar Hut
Mid Caples Hut
Shelter Rock Hut
Siberia Hut
Huts excluded all year
Serviced alpine huts
West Coast
Almer Hut
Centennial Hut
Chancellor Hut
Pioneer Hut
Canterbury - Aoraki/Mt Cook
Barron Saddle Hut
Empress Hut
Hooker Hut
Kelman Hut
Mueller Hut
Plateau Hut
Tasman Saddle Hut
Otago
Aspiring Hut
Colin Todd Hut
French Ridge Hut
Young Hut
All private and club huts on DOC managed land
Including but not exclusive to:
Bay of Plenty
Te Whare Okioki
Te Urewera
Sandy Bay Hut
Central North Island
Whangaehu Hut
Hawkes Bay
Howletts Hut
Kiwi Saddle Hut
Manawatu
Waikamaka Hut
West Coast
Mataketake Hut
Canterbury
Barker Hut
Cameron Hut
Godley Hut
Lyell Hut
Macaulay Hut
Park Morpeth Hut
Rod Donald Hut
St Winifreds Hut
Waimakariri Falls Hut
Otago
Esquilant Bivvy Hut
Leaning Lodge
Mid Greenstone Hut
Upper Caples Hut
Fiordland
Homer Hut
All sole occupancy accommodation and lodges
Northland
Mimiwhangata Lodge
Mimiwhangata Cottage
Mimiwhangata Beach House
Auckland
Motuora Island Bach
Tiritiri Matangi Island House
Akapoua Cottage
Coromandel
Cookson Cottage
Fletcher Bay Backpackers
Kauri Cottage
Stony Bay Bach
Waikawau Bay Lodge
Taranaki
Konini Lodge
The Camphouse
Manawatu
Pohangina Base
Hawkes Bay
Robsons Lodge
Hawkes Bay
Whirinaki Recreation Camp
Wairarapa
Holdsworth Lodge including Kaka & Kereru rooms
Te Kopi Cottage
Te Kopi Homestead
Waikuku Lodge
Wellington
Coast Road Cabin
Boar Inn
Haurangi Hut
Jans Hut
Papatahi Hut
Raukawa Hut
Turere Lodge
Nelson
Cobb Cottage
West Cosat - Westland
Sierra Room – Welcome Flat
Waiuta Lodge
Okarito School House
Marlborough
Matai Bay Hut
Nydia Lodge
Canterbury
Lighthouse Generator Cottage
All Great Walks huts
Lake Waikaremoana: 1 July to 30 June inclusive
Marauiti Hut
Panekire Hut
Waiharuru Hut
Waiopaoa Hut
Whanganui Hut
Tongariro Northern Circuit: Friday before Labour weekend (late October) to 30 April inclusive
Mangatepopo Hut
Oturere Hut
Waihohonu Hut
Whanganui Journey: 1 October to 30 April inclusive
John Coull Hut
Tieke Kainga Hut
Whakahoro Bunkroom
Abel Tasman: 1 July to 30 June inclusive
Anchorage Hut
Awaroa Hut
Bark Bay Hut
Whariwharangi Hut
Heaphy Track: 1 July to 30 June inclusive
Brown Hut
Gouland Downs Hut
Heaphy Hut
James Mackay Hut
Perry Saddle Hut
Saxon Hut
Paparoa: 1 July to 30 June inclusive
Moonlight Tops Hut
Pororari Hut
Kepler: Tuesday after Labour weekend (late October) to 30 April inclusive
Iris Burn Hut
Luxmore Hut
Moturau Hut
Milford: Tuesday after Labour weekend (late October) to 30 April inclusive
Clinton Hut
Dumpling Hut
Mintaro Hut
Routeburn: 1 November to 30 April inclusive
Lake Mackenzie Hut
Routeburn Falls Hut
Routeburn Flats Hut
Rakiura: 1 July to 30 June inclusive
North Arm Hut
Port William Hut
Huts closed for maintenance or management purposes.