Dasler Biv
Basic/bivvies hutRuataniwha Conservation Park, CanterburyOpen
- Sleeps
- 2 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Cost
- Free
- Heating
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Not drinkable
- Toilet
- Non-flush
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzDasler Biv is 7 - 8 hours (21 km) up the Hopkins valley from Ram Hill car park, at the end of Lake Ohau Road.
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BY15
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.95625° S, 169.84575° E
About this place
This is a basic two-bunk hut in Ruataniwha Conservation Park. Dasler Biv, formerly know as Cullers Biv, was built in 1966 by the New Zealand Forest Service to accommodate wild animal control hunters.
On the way here
Hopkins valley tracks · 7 - 11 hr 30 min hr one way
Red Hut to Dasler Biv
Time: 3 hr
Track category: Tramping track km From Red Hut follow the old 4WD track to the start of Dasler Biv Track. The steep track is signposted on the Hopkins River flats. Part way up you'll need to negotiate a small rock bluff. It's well worth continuing above Dasler Biv to emerge out of the alpine scrub for great views.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
Free
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Elcho Hut
Standard • 12 bunks • Canterbury • 3 km
Elcho Hut is a standard 12-bunk hut located in Ruataniwha Conservation Park in Canterbury.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Cullers Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Canterbury • 3.9 km
Cullers Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in the Ruataniwha Conservation Park in Canterbury.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Red Hut
Standard • 12 bunks • Canterbury • 4.8 km
Red Hut is a historic hut located in Ruataniwha Conservation Park in Canterbury. It sits on a river fan of the Hopkins River, surrounded by beech forest.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Dodger Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Canterbury • 7.2 km
Dodger Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located within the Ruataniwha Conservation Park in Canterbury.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Monument Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • Canterbury • 8 km
Monument Hut is a standard six-bunk hut located in the Ruataniwha Conservation Park in Canterbury.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Contact
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
1 Larch Grove, Aoraki/Mount Cook 7999
Regional DOC service centre.
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Sources
- DOC Huts (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.