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Urquhart's Hut

43.0341° S, 171.3171° E

Urquhart's 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 750 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 9:52 pm, Tue 3 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovLight rain13° / 8°16.1 mm 100%14 gusts 53
Thu 5 NovDrizzle14° / 10°8.4 mm 98%14 gusts 52
Fri 6 NovThunderstorm14° / 12°55.1 mm 100%17 gusts 71
Sat 7 NovShowers17° / 11°14.8 mm 94%18 gusts 65
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle16° / 11°1.1 mm 76%10 gusts 32
Mon 9 NovLight drizzle13° / 10°3.5 mm 54%11 gusts 34
Tue 10 NovLight drizzle18° / 9°4 mm 88%6 gusts 31
Wed 11 NovDrizzle18° / 9°12.6 mm 86%4 gusts 21
Thu 12 NovHeavy drizzle17° / 10°10.6 mm 83%5 gusts 22
Fri 13 NovFog19° / 9°0 mm 57%10 gusts 36
Sat 14 NovFog17° / 8°0 mm 53%11 gusts 40
Sun 15 NovHeavy drizzle16° / 11°13.6 mm 68%13 gusts 46
Mon 16 NovShowers15° / 9°17.6 mm 82%19 gusts 77
Tue 17 NovShowers13° / 9°65 mm 81%23 gusts 90
Wed 18 NovRain12° / 7°33.5 mm 48%20 gusts 86

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