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Arete Hut

40.7486° S, 175.4371° E

Arete 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 1365 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 5:53 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovLight drizzle12° / 4°1.3 mm 70%11 gusts 30
Thu 5 NovLight drizzle14° / 6°0.4 mm 80%12 gusts 35
Fri 6 NovThunderstorm11° / 7°24.2 mm 100%16 gusts 54
Sat 7 NovShowers13° / 7°14.3 mm 100%12 gusts 38
Sun 8 NovShowers11° / 4°14.9 mm 94%12 gusts 37
Mon 9 NovFog10° / 4°0 mm 78%11 gusts 32
Tue 10 NovShowers10° / 7°17.4 mm 71%11 gusts 35
Wed 11 NovThunderstorm14° / 7°16.2 mm 93%9 gusts 36
Thu 12 NovThunderstorm13° / 5°16.8 mm 94%4 gusts 22
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle12° / 5°3.6 mm 72%7 gusts 25
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle12° / 5°0.6 mm 55%10 gusts 36
Sun 15 NovShowers11° / 6°27.4 mm 73%35 gusts 96
Mon 16 NovShowers9° / 6°31.6 mm 80%26 gusts 95
Tue 17 NovShowers9° / 5°37.4 mm 80%28 gusts 73
Wed 18 NovShowers9° / 3°17.4 mm 57%34 gusts 83

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