– Lat/Long: 43.05° S 171.43° E
Avoca Hut – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering information
Avoca Hut Guide
- Place: Craigieburn Forest Park
- Facilities: Avoca Hut is set at about 1, 020 m in the remote head of the Avoca River within Craigieburn Forest Park. Built in 1947 by the University of Canterbury Tramping Club, this six‑bunk A‑frame offers basic comforts—mattresses, a wood‑burner, and untreated tap water—amid rugged alpine peaks. Access demands a long river‑bed tramp or challenging saddle routes, and upkeep remains in club hands.
- Bookable: No
- Sleeps: -
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10 other mountain peaks closest to Avoca Hut:
| 1. | Back Basins Hide (1391 m) | 3.8 km |
| 2. | Old Basins Hut (795 m) | 6.6 km |
| 3. | Basins Hut (796 m) | 6.7 km |
| 4. | Mount Murchison (2408 m) | 6.8 km |
| 5. | Weka Burnet Bivvy (740 m) | 7.5 km |
| 6. | Barker Hut (1561 m) | 7.6 km |
| 7. | Anti Crow Hut (698 m) | 8.9 km |
| 8. | Urquhart's Hut (740 m) | 9.5 km |
| 9. | Carrington Hut (818 m) | 10.5 km |
| 10. | Park Morpeth Hut (884 m) | 11.6 km |