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Serpentine Hut

43.0137° S, 171.0799° E

Serpentine 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 294 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 5:27 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovShowers17° / 11°12.6 mm 100%9 gusts 35
Thu 5 NovShowers16° / 13°23.9 mm 100%7 gusts 27
Fri 6 NovViolent showers15° / 13°51.9 mm 100%13 gusts 40
Sat 7 NovShowers20° / 13°18.8 mm 100%6 gusts 25
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle18° / 10°3.8 mm 97%8 gusts 24
Mon 9 NovDrizzle21° / 12°3.6 mm 39%10 gusts 30
Tue 10 NovLight drizzle21° / 14°1.6 mm 78%14 gusts 30
Wed 11 NovLight drizzle20° / 11°7.2 mm 89%5 gusts 26
Thu 12 NovHeavy drizzle21° / 13°8.6 mm 87%3 gusts 22
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle19° / 9°3.4 mm 60%8 gusts 26
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle18° / 8°1.4 mm 73%9 gusts 30
Sun 15 NovDrizzle24° / 14°13.6 mm 79%17 gusts 42
Mon 16 NovShowers18° / 12°27.6 mm 84%11 gusts 44
Tue 17 NovShowers15° / 12°55.2 mm 73%11 gusts 46
Wed 18 NovShowers16° / 9°9 mm 52%11 gusts 35

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