Red Hut
Standard hutRuataniwha Conservation Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This historic hut is set on a river fan of the Hopkins with surrounding beech forest in Ruataniwha Conservation Park.
Fees and bookings
Before you go, buy Hut Tickets for each night's stay. Or buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that gives unlimited use at most Standard and Serviced huts for a 12 month period. Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BY14
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
1 Larch Grove, Aoraki/Mount Cook 7999
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
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Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
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Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Huxley Forks Hut
Standard • 8 bunks • Canterbury • 7.3 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Officers Hut
Basic/bivvies • 3 bunks • Canterbury • 7.3 km
Le Crens Hut
Canterbury • 7.4 km
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Ruataniwha Conservation Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 12
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- Fee
- Yes
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.43.99865° S, 169.83355° E
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Sources
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- DOC Huts (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).