Mt Richmond Forest Park huts
There’s plenty of huts in Mt Richmond Forest Park and that includes the ones along the Te Araroa Trail route. They tend to be spaced at about four or five hours walk apart which means if you are jumping huts you can be in for some biggish days.
Many of the huts were built in the 1960s for the NZ Forest Service, primarily for deer cullers, and they are often of a standard six bunk design called for some reason SF70. A few are in fairly original condition, Mid and Top Wairoa huts retain open fireplaces that have elsewhere often been replaced with steel fireboxes elsewhere due to the wastage of wood, or the risk of burning down the hut.
Most have mostly been somewhat renovated, insulation added, louvre windows replaced, and are comfy enough at least when not full to capacity, there’s fireproof mattresses, the wood burner for winter heating, stainless steel benches, etc.
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