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Mole Hut | Nelson Lakes National Park

Mole Hut is a great little bivvy, ie, not much more than shelter, on a slope in a tussocky clearing near the treeline.

Nice. Actually, real nice.

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Mole Hut
category basic hut
hut fee free
elevation 1160 m
bunks 4 mattresses officially, but you would have to be close friends
built 1968 (relocated from upper Watson Creek), recently refurbished
heating none
water bucket and 50 m walk to stream
toilet longdrop