Earnslaw Hut
Basic/bivvies hutMount Aspiring National Park, OtagoOpen
- Sleeps
- 4 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- 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.nz- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet CA10
- Grid reference
- E1238883, N5048944
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. 44.62208° S, 168.44808° E
About this place
This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Queenstown/Wakatipu area.
On the way here
Kea Basin Track · 8 - 10 hr return
Half way up, Earnslaw Hut (basic) has four bunks and there's a rock bivvy just above bush-line. Views up the Rees Valley towards Rees Saddle are stunning. Kea Basin adjoins the Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi Topuni, which recognises the historic and cultural importance of this mountain to Kāi Tahu.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
Free
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Mattresses
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Toilets - flush • Water from tap - not treated, boil before use • Toilets
Shelter Rock Hut
Serviced • 22 bunks • Otago • 8.5 km
Shelter Rock Hut is a serviced 22-bunk hut located in the Queenstown/Wakatipu area of Otago.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - flush
Walks nearby
Rees-Dart Track
Advanced • 4-5 days one way • 63 km • 3.43 km away
Earnslaw Burn Track
Advanced • 4 to 6 hrs one way to the viewpoint • 8.3 km • 10.01 km away
Invincible Mine Track
Easy • 3 hr return via same track • 4.5 km • 11.78 km away
Sugarloaf/Rockburn Track
Advanced • 8-11 hr (Routeburn carpark - Lake Sylvan) • 13.55 km away
Lake Sylvan Track
Easy • 1 hr 40 min • 14.36 km away
Contact
Whakatipu-wai-Māori/Queenstown Visitor Centre
Regional DOC service centre.
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Sources
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- 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.