Woolshed Creek Hut
Serviced hutHakatere Conservation Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
Woolshed Creek Hut provides a great overnight tramp for families with children or new trampers.
Know before you go
Expect snow in winter
There can be snow and ice in winter. Always check the forecast and make sure you have the skills and gear for the conditions. Woolshed Creek Hut weather forecast – NIWA website
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
2 options · 1 to 2 nights
Sharplin Falls car park
Walking in
8 hr (via Pinnacles Hut)
Walking out
2 hr 30 min to Woolshed Creek car park
Walking in
8 hr (via Pinnacles Hut)
Walking out
8 hr to Sharplin Falls car park (via Pinnacles Hut)
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
1 May - 30 September
1 October - 30 April
Weekdays
Weekends
1 December - 29 February
Weekdays
Weekends
Backcountry Hut Passes can be used at this hut. About hut tickets and passes Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
Bookings are open for stays up to 30 June 2027. If no availability shows online for your dates, the hut is fully booked. No spaces are kept for visitors arriving without a booking. Phone and in‑person bookings made at a visitor centre incur a $10 service fee. Same‑day bookings are available online until 8 pm if spaces remain. Book Woolshed Creek Hut and campsite online Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BX19
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Hut and campsite bookings
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
Pinnacles Hut
Serviced • 19 bunks • Canterbury • 4.7 km
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
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Three Creeks Hut
Canterbury • 5.8 km
Manuka Hut
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Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Cookshop Hut
Canterbury • 9.5 km
All details
- Facilities
- HeatingMattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Serviced
- Location
- Hakatere Conservation Park
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 26
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- required
- Fee
- Yes
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
- road access
- 1-3 hours
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.43.60114° S, 171.32585° E
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Sources
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- 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).