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Hut · Wānaka area, Otago No booking

Wānaka Faces Hut

44.5336° S, 169.1447° E

Wānaka Faces 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 278 m, from Open-Meteo, fetched 5:38 am, Wed 4 Nov.

16-day forecast
DayConditionsHigh / lowRain, chanceWind km/h
Wed 4 NovDrizzle19° / 12°4.9 mm 100%15 gusts 41
Thu 5 NovLight drizzle20° / 14°0.4 mm 37%13 gusts 34
Fri 6 NovDrizzle21° / 13°3.4 mm 96%19 gusts 54
Sat 7 NovLight drizzle22° / 13°1.4 mm 45%5 gusts 26
Sun 8 NovDrizzle20° / 13°1.8 mm 41%8 gusts 24
Mon 9 NovOvercast18° / 13°0 mm 31%8 gusts 25
Tue 10 NovOvercast21° / 12°0 mm 51%6 gusts 27
Wed 11 NovOvercast22° / 13°0 mm 63%6 gusts 17
Thu 12 NovLight drizzle22° / 13°0.4 mm 48%6 gusts 24
Fri 13 NovLight drizzle23° / 13°0.8 mm 19%16 gusts 42
Sat 14 NovFog21° / 12°0 mm 24%7 gusts 40
Sun 15 NovDrizzle20° / 14°6.4 mm 48%3 gusts 17
Mon 16 NovLight drizzle19° / 13°1.8 mm 49%15 gusts 48
Tue 17 NovLight drizzle20° / 13°2.6 mm 35%16 gusts 49
Wed 18 NovOvercast19° / 11°0 mm 38%13 gusts 44

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