Pinchgut Hut | Mount Thomas Forest Conservation Area

A great place to take teens for a first tramping experience. The track has a few minor obstacles, climbing around and across slips, some substantial drop-offs on a narrow track, boulder hopping in a river for a short way, and a generally well-maintained hut at the end.

It’s a Lockwood variety, built in 1983 and receiving a spruce-up in 2024, during which it was painted, a new woodburner was installed, and double-glazed windows replaced the original. Good to have flyscreens.

Plenty of camping across the creek. And only three hours to skidaddle back to the car, screens, and civilisation in general.

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category . . . standard hut

hut fee . . . 1 hut ticket or backcountry hut pass, free to camp

booking . . . not required

elevation . . . 360 m

bunks . . . 9 mattresses, on two sleeping platforms + one separate bed in sleeping alcove

built . . . 1983, renovated in 2024 by Backcountry Trust volunteers

heating . . . woodburner

water . . . 30 m each way to creek

toilet . . . longdrop

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