• The best thing about this hut is the view from outside. | Hope Halfway Hut, Lake Sumner
  • Looks promising from this distance, then, well ... | Hope Halfway Hut, Lake Sumner
  • It's basic, what more can you say? | Hope Halfway Hut, Lake Sumner
  • Yeah, the hut has mattresses, but no heating, no firebox or open fire. | Hope Halfway Hut, Lake Sumner
  • Not sure if stacking mattresses makes it any more comfortable but someone's giving it a go. | Hope Halfway Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park

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Hope Halfway Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park

Hope Halfway Hut was once kinda halfway between a hut and a simple shelter, once you ascended the giant front door step it provided comfortable enough accommodation for those who have not managed to get all the way to the more amenity rich Hope Kiwi Lodge.

It’s now been somewhat renovated with a new verandah added.

On the plus side it’s got a good view, well, at least from outside the hut, and you may well have the place to yourself.

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category . . . basic hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . .580 m

bunks . . . 6

built . . . ?

heating . . . none

water . . . walk to small creek, 50 m

toilet . . . longdrop