– Lat/Long: 40.95° S 175.39° E
Sayer Hut – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering information
Sayer Hut Guide
- Place: Tararua Forest Park
- Facilities: Sayer Hut is tucked at about 190 m in Tararua Forest Park’s Totara Flats, offering six bunks warmed by an open fire and simple comforts like mattresses and a non‑flush loo. Built by Richard B. Sayer around 1947–48 to replace an earlier 1909 structure, it remains maintained by the Sayer family and NZDA volunteers. Access involves a challenging Waiohine River crossing—only for experienced trampers.
- Bookable: No
- Sleeps: -
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10 other mountain peaks closest to Sayer Hut:
| 1. | Totara Flats Hut (199 m) | 1.6 km |
| 2. | Neill Forks Hut (345 m) | 3.6 km |
| 3. | Cone Hut (345 m) | 6.3 km |
| 4. | Maungahuka Hut (1287 m) | 6.3 km |
| 5. | Aokaparangi Hut (1128 m) | 6.7 km |
| 6. | Winchcombe Biv (1082 m) | 7.1 km |
| 7. | Powell Hut (1207 m) | 7.2 km |
| 8. | Mid Waiohine Hut (383 m) | 8.1 km |
| 9. | Tutuwai Hut (300 m) | 9.2 km |
| 10. | Mount Hector (1529 m) | 9.6 km |