Arriving at Hawdon Hut – a modern 16-bunker. Photo: Pat Barrett

Hawdon Hut, Arthur’s Pass National Park

December 2022

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An easy walk to a modern spacious hut in a grandiose mountain environment that’s suitable for families to undertake on a weekend tramp.

From the Hawdon Shelter car park the track climbs onto a bush terrace which it follows for a few hundred metres before dropping into the Hawdon riverbed and the first ford of the river. There is a stopbank here which can be followed to its upstream end before descending onto the riverbed and fording the […]
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