– Lat/Long: 44.00° S 168.55° E
Stafford Hut – Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering information
Stafford Hut Guide
- Place: Jackson Bay - Gorge River area
- Facilities: Stafford Hut is found just upstream of Stafford Bay in South Westland, offering six bunks in a modest standard shelter managed by the Department of Conservation. Built in 1972 as a deer‑culler’s base and flown in by helicopter, it now serves trampers navigating the rugged inland route via Smoothwater and Kakapo creeks. The hut provides basic comforts—warmth, mattresses and untreated tap water—amid coastal forest and river flats.
- Bookable: No
- Sleeps: -
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10 other mountain peaks closest to Stafford Hut:
| 1. | Spoon / Morgans Hut (17 m) | 28.5 km |
| 2. | Gorge River Hut (2 m) | 35.0 km |
| 3. | Top Forks Hut (612 m) | 41.5 km |
| 4. | Colin Todd Hut (1794 m) | 43.5 km |
| 5. | Mount Aspiring (3027 m) | 45.6 km |
| 6. | Siberia Hut (618 m) | 47.4 km |
| 7. | Mount Barff (2252 m) | 47.6 km |
| 8. | Kerin Forks Hut (342 m) | 47.7 km |
| 9. | Young Hut (743 m) | 47.9 km |
| 10. | Big Bay Hut (1 m) | 48.1 km |