• The hut is hidden from view when you come up the track. | Mt Malita Hut, Nelson City Council
  • Not the most attractive hut around, but it's lasted more than 60 years. | Mt Malita Hut, Nelson City Council
  • The bunks aren't very comfortable. | Mt Malita Hut, Nelson City Council
  • The woodburner is tiny, but a forest for firewood is adjacent to the hut. | Mt Malita Hut, Nelson City Council

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Mt Malita Hut | near Richmond Range

The hut was built to service a small astronomical observatory built not too far away in 1962. The observatory was moved to Mt John near Tekapo as even back then, the lights of Richmond interfered with the observations.

Basically an unrenovated steel shed with two uncomfortable bunks and a large wall display of visitors going back to the early 1960s.

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category . . . Nelson City Council hut

hut fee . . . unlocked, free to stay

elevation . . . 935 m

bunks . . . 2 mattresses on bunks

built . . . 1962

heating . . . tiny wood burner

water . . . rainwater tank

toilet . . . longdrop