– Lat/Long: 39.20° S 176.24° E
Harkness Hut – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering information
Harkness Hut Guide
- Place: Kaweka Forest Park
- Facilities: Harkness Hut is tucked at about 1, 000 m in Kaweka Forest Park, managed by the Department of Conservation. Built in 1961 and refreshed in the early 1990s, it offers six bunks, a wood‑burning stove and simple comforts in a mountain‑beech clearing above the Ngaawapurua Stream. Accessible via long tramps from Makahu Saddle or Boyd’s Hut, it’s a sheltered stop amid variable alpine weather.
- Bookable: No
- Sleeps: -
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10 other mountain peaks closest to Harkness Hut:
| 1. | Te Pukeohikarua (Te Puke) Hut (1438 m) | 3.3 km |
| 2. | Tussock Hut (1079 m) | 3.8 km |
| 3. | Ngaawapurua Hut (852 m) | 4.5 km |
| 4. | Mangatainoka Hut (697 m) | 7.3 km |
| 5. | Boyd Hut (1047 m) | 7.5 km |
| 6. | Omarukokere Bivvy (758 m) | 7.6 km |
| 7. | Mangaturutu Hut (1361 m) | 8.3 km |
| 8. | Otutu Hut (1280 m) | 8.8 km |
| 9. | Venison Tops Hut (Tira Lodge) (1443 m) | 9.1 km |
| 10. | Rocks Ahead Bivouac (717 m) | 10.2 km |