Historic Price Flat Hut
Basic/bivvies hutKokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West CoastOpen
- Sleeps
- 4 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Heating
- None
- 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 BW18
- Grid reference
- E1437756, N5225424
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. 43.10654° S, 171.00606° E
About this place
This is a basic four-bunk hut in the Hokitika area. Located on the Whitcombe Pass Route, this hut provides a historic link with the area's early deer culling days.
Trip options
Walking times come from DOC track descriptions, added up leg by leg from car-accessible trailheads. Nights and return times are ParkUp estimates, allowing about 8 hours of walking a day.
2 options · 2 to 3 nights
Car park
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
9 hr to Whitcombe Pass (via Neave Creek Hut)
Walking in
13 hr 30 min (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Walking out
13 hr 30 min to Car park (via Rapid Creek Hut, Frew Hut)
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Price Flat Hut
Standard • 7 bunks • West Coast • 0.5 km
Price Flat Hut is a standard seven-bunk hut located in the Hokitika area of the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Wilkinson Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • West Coast • 5.8 km
Wilkinson Hut is a basic four-bunk hut located in the Hokitika area on the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Frew Hut
Standard • 10 bunks • West Coast • 7 km
Frew Hut is a standard 10-bunk hut located in the Hokitika area of the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Neave Hut
Standard • 6 bunks • West Coast • 8.4 km
Neave Hut is a standard six-bunk hut located in the Hokitika area of the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Rapid Creek Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • West Coast • 10.6 km
Rapid Creek Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in the Hokitika area of the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Walks nearby
Contact
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre
4294 Coast Road, Punakaiki, RD 1 Runanga 7873
Regional DOC service centre.
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Sources
- 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.
- 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).