Busy summer for Backcountry Trust

March 2019

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March 2019

A team from Permolat West Coast stripped, re-clad and re-roofed Crystal Biv in the Toaroha Valley. Photo: Rob Brown
The oldest hut in Fiordland is one of many to receive maintenance during a productive season for the Backcountry Trust. Stage one of the rebuild of the 1928 Hankinson Hut was completed in early February by a team from Fiordland Wapiti Foundation. The floor, subfloor and piles of the 14 bunk hut were redone, the […]

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