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Horace Walker Hut

43.6889° S, 169.9218° E

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.

DOC page for Horace Walker Hut (opens the DOC website)

Forecast

At 910 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 8:11 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
Day	Conditions	High / low	Rain, chance	Wind km/h
Wed 4 Nov	Showers	11° / 8°	27.1 mm 100%	9 gusts 49
Thu 5 Nov	Showers	12° / 9°	17.5 mm 73%	9 gusts 42
Fri 6 Nov	Showers	12° / 9°	34 mm 100%	11 gusts 66
Sat 7 Nov	Showers	15° / 9°	10.9 mm 78%	8 gusts 38
Sun 8 Nov	Drizzle	16° / 7°	3.3 mm 49%	7 gusts 30
Mon 9 Nov	Light drizzle	15° / 8°	0.3 mm 37%	11 gusts 37
Tue 10 Nov	Light drizzle	18° / 8°	0.6 mm 67%	15 gusts 44
Wed 11 Nov	Showers	16° / 9°	20.8 mm 76%	12 gusts 35
Thu 12 Nov	Drizzle	16° / 6°	10.4 mm 65%	6 gusts 27
Fri 13 Nov	Light drizzle	16° / 6°	1.2 mm 39%	9 gusts 35
Sat 14 Nov	Light drizzle	14° / 6°	1.8 mm 55%	7 gusts 33
Sun 15 Nov	Drizzle	18° / 9°	7.4 mm 76%	10 gusts 43
Mon 16 Nov	Heavy drizzle	14° / 8°	19.6 mm 73%	9 gusts 47
Tue 17 Nov	Showers	12° / 8°	86.8 mm 57%	10 gusts 53
Wed 18 Nov	Showers	12° / 6°	12.1 mm 45%	8 gusts 52
Thu 19 Nov	Light rain	9° / 3°	9.8 mm 54%

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