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Forbes Hut

44.0488° S, 169.6198° E

Forbes 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 540 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 6:29 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovShowers15° / 10°17 mm 100%10 gusts 44
Thu 5 NovDrizzle15° / 12°5.5 mm 92%6 gusts 32
Fri 6 NovShowers16° / 11°17.5 mm 100%15 gusts 67
Sat 7 NovHeavy drizzle19° / 11°5.9 mm 86%7 gusts 38
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle21° / 10°0.6 mm 49%6 gusts 23
Mon 9 NovFog16° / 10°0 mm 45%7 gusts 26
Tue 10 NovLight drizzle21° / 10°1.2 mm 78%6 gusts 23
Wed 11 NovThunderstorm22° / 10°9.2 mm 80%5 gusts 23
Thu 12 NovShowers21° / 11°10.4 mm 63%4 gusts 21
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle20° / 11°2 mm 39%7 gusts 35
Sat 14 NovFog18° / 10°0 mm 53%7 gusts 28
Sun 15 NovShowers20° / 13°12.2 mm 75%6 gusts 26
Mon 16 NovDrizzle15° / 11°9.8 mm 73%15 gusts 61
Tue 17 NovShowers15° / 10°25.4 mm 58%10 gusts 68
Wed 18 NovDrizzle15° / 8°5.7 mm 42%9 gusts 51

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