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Rocks Ahead Hut

39.2754° S, 176.2966° E

Rocks Ahead 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 732 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 10:47 pm, Tue 3 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovDrizzle19° / 9°2.5 mm 35%12 gusts 31
Thu 5 NovDrizzle21° / 11°4 mm 63%14 gusts 33
Fri 6 NovDrizzle21° / 12°2.7 mm 91%22 gusts 56
Sat 7 NovThunder and hail17° / 11°30 mm 99%26 gusts 62
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle20° / 11°0.3 mm 45%19 gusts 49
Mon 9 NovLight drizzle21° / 8°0.4 mm 74%12 gusts 35
Tue 10 NovShowers16° / 12°31.6 mm 67%23 gusts 59
Wed 11 NovShowers19° / 12°8.2 mm 77%27 gusts 66
Thu 12 NovThunderstorm19° / 9°11.4 mm 65%23 gusts 56
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle19° / 8°3 mm 51%11 gusts 27
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle21° / 10°0.4 mm 41%24 gusts 54
Sun 15 NovDrizzle16° / 11°7.6 mm 36%43 gusts 106
Mon 16 NovLight drizzle22° / 10°1 mm 45%29 gusts 81
Tue 17 NovFog20° / 9°0 mm 45%24 gusts 60
Wed 18 NovDrizzle17° / 11°5 mm 31%26 gusts 71

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