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Bivvy · Kokatahi River - Whitcombe River area, West Coast No booking

Crystal Bivvy

42.9964° S, 171.1529° E

Crystal Bivvy, 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 1069 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 9:24 pm, Tue 3 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovShowers10° / 6°32.4 mm 100%10 gusts 39
Thu 5 NovShowers10° / 8°16.8 mm 98%8 gusts 35
Fri 6 NovThunderstorm12° / 10°87.1 mm 100%14 gusts 59
Sat 7 NovShowers14° / 9°27 mm 94%8 gusts 35
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle13° / 8°0.8 mm 76%7 gusts 24
Mon 9 NovFog14° / 9°0 mm 54%11 gusts 40
Tue 10 NovLight drizzle16° / 8°2 mm 88%13 gusts 39
Wed 11 NovDrizzle16° / 8°12.4 mm 86%7 gusts 29
Thu 12 NovShowers14° / 8°18.4 mm 83%3 gusts 26
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle15° / 6°2 mm 57%7 gusts 27
Sat 14 NovLight drizzle14° / 5°0.6 mm 53%8 gusts 28
Sun 15 NovDrizzle16° / 9°13 mm 68%16 gusts 57
Mon 16 NovShowers12° / 7°29 mm 82%14 gusts 53
Tue 17 NovShowers11° / 7°107.8 mm 81%14 gusts 67
Wed 18 NovShowers9° / 6°44 mm 52%17 gusts 60

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