• The bivvy is perched just above the creek. | Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
  • The curvy roof has been painted. | Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
  • The interior will be painted soon. | Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area
  • Compact interior and no heating. | Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area

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45 almost epic adventures on the South Island & Rakiura

Lower Salmon Creek Bivvy, Oxford Forest Conservation Area

Delightful small bivvy not far from the creek, but man, this is the middle of not much. A long, steep drop down, mostly through beech forest, from Black Hill, 1335 m. If you are coming from another direction, well, good luck.

No insulation, or heating, or even direct sunlight, so it’s cold in winter. Frank King and Honora Renwick have adopted the bivvy, and spent much time in many trips over the years, mostly dealing to the track that DOC has now abandoned. Also painting. Thanks team.

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category . . . basic hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . . 545 m

bunks . . . 2 mattresses in bunk

built . . . ~1983, although it wrongly states 1950 on the door

heating . . . none

water . . . from river 60 m upstream on marked track. Has bucket