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Ivory Lake

Ivory Lake hut – a destination of a lifetime for many New Zealand outdoors folk – has had a sensitive and skilled renovation by a group of West Coast locals, and kayakers. One of the great things about having volunteers more actively involved in the maintenance of our backcountry huts again is that huts are once again becoming things of beauty, yes weatherproofness and cleanliness are great, but don’t the small touches really make a difference.

Read the full report, complete with pictures, here: Ivory Lake Hut Maintenance

Explorer Hut

Another big effort from volunteers in the west coast hills. A party led by Alistair McDonald has done a great job saving Explorer Hut, which sits on a low saddle between the Mikonui and Hokitika catchments, from certain ruin. Alistair has prepared an excellent report, which is a useful read for others considering hut maintenance projects (it will be added to our must read reports at www.hutsandtracks.org.nz/resources). But in the meantime read the full report here: Explorer report