Hut
Pinnacles Hut (DOC)
Thames, Waikato
DOC's big bunkroom hut, three hours up the valley, with a warden and a gas kitchen.
- Price
- From about NZ$25 adult Sun-Thu, NZ$35 Fri-Sat (check DOC)
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Time to allow
- 24 hours
- Sites
- 80
The largest DOC hut in the country has bunks, gas cookers, a solid-fuel burner, BBQ and a cold shower, with a warden in residence. The summit is another hour away via ladders. Bookings are online only and get taken weeks ahead for Saturdays.
Good to know
- Book online, same-day only if spaces remain
- Backcountry Hut Passes are only valid 1 May to 30 September
- Water supply can be unreliable
- Weekday stays are far easier to get
- Best time
- Weekday outside school holidays
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Three-hour walk from the Kauaeranga road end
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Kitchen
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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