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Plateau Hut

43.5837° S, 170.1841° E

Plateau 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 2182 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 7:56 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovSnow showers1° / 0°24.2 mm 100%0.8 cm snow8 gusts 44
Thu 5 NovDrizzle1° / 0°6.4 mm 97%8 gusts 42
Fri 6 NovShowers2° / 0°47 mm 100%12 gusts 59
Sat 7 NovDrizzle2° / -3°5.1 mm 82%8 gusts 45
Sun 8 NovFog0° / -4°0 mm 39%3 gusts 14
Mon 9 NovLight drizzle1° / -2°0.3 mm 33%4 gusts 25
Tue 10 NovSnow showers1° / -2°1.8 mm 73%0.4 cm snow2 gusts 28
Wed 11 NovLight drizzle1° / -2°3 mm 65%2 gusts 16
Thu 12 NovFog0° / -3°0 mm 49%3 gusts 15
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle1° / -5°0.6 mm 43%3 gusts 19
Sat 14 NovFog1° / -6°0 mm 61%3 gusts 29
Sun 15 NovDrizzle2° / -1°7 mm 69%5 gusts 32
Mon 16 NovLight snow1° / -2°11.2 mm 75%1.1 cm snow10 gusts 52
Tue 17 NovShowers2° / -1°59.8 mm 49%0.1 cm snow11 gusts 59
Wed 18 NovSnow showers1° / -5°5.5 mm 45%0.3 cm snow11 gusts 59
Thu 19 NovLight snow1° / -6°8 mm 54%0.6 cm snow

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