Huts

Tararua Tramping Club's Huts and Mountain Lodge

Throughout its 80 year history the Tararua Tramping Club has built and maintained many huts, most of them in the Tararua Ranges. By the 1970s up to eleven huts were being maintained by the club. Today we maintain four huts and our mountain lodge.

Cone , Field and Kime are "open" huts and all lie within the Tararua Forest Park. Waerenga is a locked hut in the Rimutaka Forest Park.
Hut fees for Field, Kime and Cone are $5/night (children 5 to 15 are half price), or are covered by DOC's Annual Hut Pass.

Cone Hut

Cone Hut situated in the upper Tauherenikau River valley

Cone Hut, (6 bunks) is a slab hut, built in 1946 in the Upper Tauherenikau Valley, near the river, at the bottom of the track down from Cone Saddle.

Cone is an open hut, and part of the DOC Associates Back Country Huts System. Cone Hut has an historic designation.

• Department of Conservation information on Cone Hut

Kime Hut

The front of Kime Hut, August 2003

Kime Hut, (20 bunks), was built 1978, to replace the Kime Memorial Hut, built 1930 by Joe Gibbs for the TTC. It is a club owned public hut in the Tararua Forest Park, and provides shelter and a ski hut, on the tops of the Southern Crossing, below Field Peak.

Field Hut

Field Hut in its new colours

Field Hut, (20 bunks), was built 1924 by woodsman Joe Gibbs for the Tararua Tramping Club. It is a club owned public huts in the Tararua Forest Park, located near the bush edge, on the Southern Crossing track, above Otaki Forks.

Field Hut has an historic designation, and has the distinction of being the oldest tramping hut in the Tararua Forest Park. There is a display of historic photos of the hut in the hut.

In 2004 the Field Hut 80th was celebrated.

• Department of Conservation information on Field Hut

Waerenga Hut

Waerenga Hut in the Orongorongo River valley

Waerenga Hut, on the eastern side of the Orongorongo River in the Rimutaka Forest Park, is a locked hut.

The hut is well placed for the many walks and tramps available in the Rimutaka Forest Park, including the climb of Mt Matthews, and trips to other peaks, the South Coast, Wainuiomata, and the Wairarapa. Or just as a place to relax away from it all.

The hut is available to members free of charge, and for a fee to responsible members of the public. The hut was undermined in the massive floods of 31 March 2005, and is currently being repaired.

Contact the booking office Chris Butt on (04) 478 9678 for details. Non member fees are $6/adult/night, and $3/child over 5 per night. Members are free.

Waerenga appears to mean "clearing", an appropriate name for a hut.

Tararua Lodge on the Whakapapa ski area at Mt Ruapehu

Tararua Tramping Club Lodge

Tararua Tramping Club Lodge is our alpine lodge situated on the northern slopes of Mt. Ruapehu; a 20 to 15 minute walk from the top of the Rock Garden or Centennial chairlifts, or upto a 45 minute walk or more, depending on conditions, from the the Top O The Bruce road end.

Tararua Lodge is available for use by non-members, although at least one of the party must be a TTC member.

Love our Huts

Our huts are a special part of our club heritage, and our club activities. Please report any hut damage, or other relevant information, to TTC's Huts Convenor Hugh Barr on (04) 934 2244.