Lees Creek Hut
Standard hutUpper Wairau River area, MarlboroughOpen
- Sleeps
- 4 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Cost
- from $15
- 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.nzTravel east out of St Arnaud toward Blenheim for 8.4 km. Turn right onto Wairau-Hanmer Springs Hydro Rd. Signage at this turn will say ‘Rainbow Skifield’.
Continue down this road for 27 km until the Homestead. Here a summertime road toll applies. This is payable in cash. Check the prices on the Rainbow Station website.
Do not park on Rainbow Road. Park your car below the power lines opposite where the track begins.
At this point, cross the Wairau River using the swing bridge to the true right. Follow the track up Lee’s Creek and eventually cross to the true left using another swing bridge.
The track travels through the bush, across numerous small streams and through some open grass areas. It is approximately 8.7 km from the car park to the hut.
There are some sections that have recently had some damage from storms. You may need to move carefully through these technical sections.
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BS25
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 41.94325° S, 172.97477° E
About this place
This is a standard four-bunk hut in the Nelson Lakes area.
Fees and bookings
Before you go, buy Hut Tickets for each night's stay. Put these in the honesty box at the hut. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that gives unlimited use at most Standard and Serviced huts for a 12 month period. Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Contact
Nelson Lakes National Park 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 · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- 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).