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Yankee River Hut

46.6947° S, 167.8882° E

Yankee River 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 11 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 9:36 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovDrizzle19° / 11°2 mm 100%22 gusts 51
Thu 5 NovLight drizzle18° / 12°0.1 mm 23%18 gusts 44
Fri 6 NovShowers21° / 12°21.4 mm 87%26 gusts 59
Sat 7 NovHeavy drizzle16° / 10°2.1 mm 76%20 gusts 52
Sun 8 NovLight drizzle14° / 10°0.8 mm 41%18 gusts 45
Mon 9 NovOvercast13° / 10°0 mm 9%31 gusts 75
Tue 10 NovOvercast19° / 10°0 mm 11%15 gusts 42
Wed 11 NovLight drizzle17° / 11°0.6 mm 24%22 gusts 56
Thu 12 NovLight drizzle16° / 12°1.2 mm 43%13 gusts 45
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle15° / 8°2.4 mm 49%30 gusts 74
Sat 14 NovOvercast14° / 8°0 mm 52%32 gusts 83
Sun 15 NovOvercast14° / 9°0 mm 62%28 gusts 74
Mon 16 NovDrizzle14° / 11°6.6 mm 57%24 gusts 64
Tue 17 NovLight drizzle16° / 9°0.4 mm 59%24 gusts 60
Wed 18 NovLight drizzle14° / 8°3.8 mm 51%29 gusts 74
Thu 19 NovLight drizzle13° / 9°1.9 mm 44%

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