• the hut is set on a river terrace | Doubtful Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • rather tired interior | Doubtful Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • someone needs to clean out the ashes before the hut burns down | Doubtful Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park

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Doubtful Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park

Sadly Doubtful Hut has been long neglected and suffers from its proximity to the highway. It’s verging on failure for one of the basic requirements for a hut: being fit for habitation.

Maybe a weekend working party will venture in to tidy the place up and restore some of the amenity.

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category . . . basic hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . . 610 m

bunks . . . 2

built . . . ?

heating . . . fireplace

water . . . from river, 100 m+ each way

toilet . . . longdrop