Ivory Lake Hut is perched above the headwaters of the Waitaha River. Photo: Martin Johnston

‘Best’ hut in the world beckons

December 2019

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With no easy way to Ivory Lake, the route to the scenic gem south of Hokitika can take tops trampers at least three days, over two high ridges. By Martin Johnston

To mark Wilderness magazine’s 30th anniversary, current and past editors and contributors scoured the archives for the 30 best trips we’ve published over the decades. This story, original published in December 2019, was included. You can find all 30 of the greatest Wilderness trips in the October 2021 issue. It was a late-summer cyclone that […]
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