• Looks like the two bedrooms were flown in and the middle section built between. | Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • If you are on the marked track this will be your first view of the hut. | Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • The room between the two bedrooms. | Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • One bedroom has more light. | Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • The linking room with the bench and open fire. | Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park

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Carlyle Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park

Great little two-bedroom hut with a small living area with an open fire and kitchen bench between.

Recommended to follow the longer four-wheel-drive track up the river terrace at the start, because the official track is not marked, and as at January 2022 is completely overgrown. Fortunately the track gets easier the further up the valley you go, although there are some river crossings involved. The hut is a short distance and not visible from the river, so look out for the markers.

You need permission from Glenhope Station for access from the Hope Bridge to Carlyle Stream – phone 03 315 7697.

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category . . . basic hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . . 695 m

bunks . . . 8 mattresses in bunks

built . . . 1973

heating . . . open fire

water . . . from a rivulet 20 m to north, or the river. Has bucket

toilet . . . longdrop