Boundary Creek Hut | Oteake Conservation Park
Hard to tell the vintage of this fully renovated hut. It has been re-piled, re-clad with corrugated steel, and re-lined internally with plywood, new if small windows, plywood floor, bunks, stainless steel bench, ply table, and wood burner.
This renovation has a 2005 feel about it.
The clue is the old door, hinges and jambs that look more like 1940s, ie, an old musterers’ hut.
Slightly soulless and claustrophobic with the windows so high, meaning you need to stand to look out.
Actually used by four-wheel drivers for lunch on their travels, or bike packers going over Omarama Saddle.
category . . . standard hut
hut fee . . . from 1 July 2026
Adult (18+ years): $15.00 per night
Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
Before you go, buy 1 Standard Hut Ticket (blue for adults, red for youth) for each night of your stay. Put this in the honesty box at the hut. A Backcountry Hut Pass is also valid year-round.
booking . . . not required all year for either hut or camping
campsite fee . . . free to camp
elevation . . . 795 m
bunks . . . 8 mattresses on bunks
built . . . ~1940s, but has been renovated more recently
heating . . . wood burner, no wood anywhere close
water . . . 100 m to river
toilet . . . longdrop
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