Lower Gridiron Shelter | Kahurangi National Park

Lower Gridiron Shelter has to be one of the zaniest of DOC’s accommodations. If you want to stay at a crazy, adventurous spot this is up there, literally.

You sleep outside on a small open timber platform that is accessed by climbing a substantial timber ladder, so it’s not really for those prone to sleepwalking. There’s an open fire and a bench seat at ground level.

category . . . bivvy

hut fee . . . free

bunks . . . open sleeping platform with 4 plastic-covered mattresses

elevation . . . ~820 m

built . . . May 1978

heating . . . open fire

water . . . stream 30 m

toilet . . . 1 x longdrop