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Hut · Craigieburn Forest Park, Canterbury No booking

Basins Hut

43.1015° S, 171.4787° E

Basins Hut, photo from DOC
Photo: DOC

No booking: first come, first served

This hut is not on DOC's booking system. Beds go to whoever arrives first, so carry a tent or a plan B in busy seasons.

Where a fee applies, pay with a Backcountry Hut Ticket or a Hut Pass. From 1 November 2026 hut tickets can also be bought online through DOC. The DOC page for this hut has the category, fee and facilities.

Forecast

At 795 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 6:39 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovLight drizzle16° / 8°0.2 mm 20%13 gusts 42
Thu 5 NovOvercast17° / 11°0 mm 19%13 gusts 43
Fri 6 NovShowers16° / 12°7.4 mm 87%16 gusts 64
Sat 7 NovLight drizzle19° / 11°3.3 mm 75%8 gusts 45
Sun 8 NovFog15° / 8°0 mm 49%10 gusts 36
Mon 9 NovLight drizzle12° / 8°1.9 mm 45%11 gusts 36
Tue 10 NovDrizzle15° / 8°4.8 mm 58%7 gusts 30
Wed 11 NovThunderstorm15° / 10°24.6 mm 76%8 gusts 34
Thu 12 NovDrizzle16° / 10°3.2 mm 46%5 gusts 26
Fri 13 NovFog20° / 9°0 mm 26%9 gusts 33
Sat 14 NovOvercast19° / 7°0 mm 26%6 gusts 29
Sun 15 NovDrizzle16° / 11°7.2 mm 41%10 gusts 41
Mon 16 NovLight drizzle16° / 11°1.4 mm 47%14 gusts 62
Tue 17 NovDrizzle15° / 11°10.4 mm 39%11 gusts 55
Wed 18 NovLight drizzle14° / 8°0.8 mm 45%12 gusts 54

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