Price Flat Hut
Standard hutKokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West CoastOpen
- Sleeps
- 7 bunks
- Booking
- Not bookable
- Cost
- from $15
- Heating
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Boil first
- 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
- E1437831, N5224979
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. 43.11056° S, 171.00685° E
About this place
This is a standard seven-bunk hut in the Hokitika area.
On the way here
Whitcombe Pass Track · 3-4 days to Whitcombe Pass
Frew Hut to Price Flat Hut
Time: 5 - 6 hr
From Frew Hut, drop down to Frew creek and cross it. The track re-enters the bushon the true left bank of Frew Creek some 100 m above the Frew Creek/Whitcombe River. After heavy rain Frew Creek becomes impassable. The track travels through the bush above the river. After about one hour it by-passes the Cropp Swing Bridge (do not cross) and drops down to the riverbed for a short distance before re-entering the bush to lead to Vincent Creek swing bridge. Cross this bridge and travel down the true left of Vincent Creek for 30 to 40 metres to a spot where the track leaves the creek bed. Between here and Price Flat the track occasionally returns to the riverbed but generally sidles above the river crossing numerous creeks and slips. These slips are potentially active at times, some of these slips the route markers may have been obliterated and the route may no longer be well defined. Care is needed assess the slip and to locate track entrances before proceeding. Generally exit and entrance points over the slips are at similar levels. Additional time may be required to travel over the slips if rockfall is present, or if recent weather events have worsened the slips. From the lower end of Price Flat the route passes Price Flat Swing Bridge (do not cross). It then returns to the riverbed. Follow the riverbed until a marker pole shows the way onto grassed flats. The historic slab hut on the flat is habitable but there is a more recent hut on the terrace above. This hut is reached via a short section of track which leaves the main valley track between the historic hut and Cataract Creek Swing Bridge. Price Flat Hut has 6 bunks and a wood stove.
Price Flat to Neave Creek Hut
Time: 4 - 5 hr
After leaving Price Flat Hut and crossing Cataract Creek the track continues across the bush face crossing or climbing above large, active slips before returning to the riverbed just above Chairman Creek. From Chairman Creek the track follows the riverbed for several hundred metres before re-entering the bush and continuing up the valley. On the way up valley the track passes a sign posted side track which leads to Wilkinson Hut. This side track crosses the Whitcombe River to the true left via a swing bridge. It takes 15-20 minutes to reach Wilkinson Hut which has 4 bunks and an open fire. The main valley track continues through the bush to Neave Creek Hut passing Cave Camp at the Wilkinson river/Whitcombe River confluence. From here, there are excellent views of Mt Evans and the Wilkinson Ice Fall, and Shelf Glacier. From Cave Camp the track to Neave Creek Hut alternates between bush and riverbed travel, at one part climbing high above the Whitcombe. Neave Creek Hut has 6 bunks and a wood stove.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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.
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.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Historic Price Flat Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • West Coast • 0.5 km
Historic Price Flat Hut is a basic four-bunk hut in the Hokitika area on the West Coast. It is located on the Whitcombe Pass Route and provides a historic link…
Toilets - non-flush • Water from stream • Water supply
Wilkinson Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • West Coast • 5.4 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 • 7.4 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 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 • 11 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).