– Lat/Long: 40.79° S 175.40° E
Carkeek Hut – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering information
Carkeek Hut Guide
- Place: Tararua Forest Park
- Facilities: Carkeek Hut is tucked at about 1, 064 m on a ridge above the Waiohine River in Tararua Forest Park. Built in 1962–63 by the NZ Forest Service as a six‑bunk deer‑culling shelter, it now offers simple comforts like a wood‑burner, mattresses and tank water (boil before use). Managed under DOC with volunteer care from ex‑NZFS teams, it remains one of the park’s most remote refuges.
- Bookable: No
- Sleeps: -
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10 other mountain peaks closest to Carkeek Hut:
| 1. | Dracophyllum Hut (1094 m) | 2.4 km |
| 2. | Nichols Hut (1156 m) | 2.8 km |
| 3. | Dorset Ridge Hut (1148 m) | 2.9 km |
| 4. | Tarn Ridge Hut (1349 m) | 3.3 km |
| 5. | Mcgregor Bivvy (1176 m) | 4.8 km |
| 6. | Mitre (1571 m) | 5.2 km |
| 7. | Arete Forks Hut (667 m) | 5.7 km |
| 8. | Arete Hut (1355 m) | 5.8 km |
| 9. | Te Matawai Hut (882 m) | 5.9 km |
| 10. | Mid King Bivvy (1146 m) | 6.0 km |