Built by the Horowhenua Hunting Club in March, 2002. It is the second of two Burn huts & this is located further south along the ridge from the original hut. See 'Burn Hut (old)'. Early March, 2021, saw 5 volunteers from the Horowhenua Hunting Club install new windows & some cladding. It was repainted & the interior ‘spring-cleaned’. Early, 2022, saw a team from RuapehuWorX, scrub-bar the northern route to the hut & a majority of the southern route. Mid March, 2024, saw Allan McComb, & Jay & Leyton Gedye, repair, clean & refit the toilet, replace the cladding, & replace the water tank tie-downs. Edit Hut
Cute little hut and a nice walk to get there! Unfortunately the toilet door is still broken which is interesting in high winds and rain. The track itself is okay but not fantastic, and quite steep and messy in places.
Toilet door didn't close, which made it very scary to use in 100km gusts! There was a slip on the track up from Mangahao no2 reservoir (just before the bridge) but was passable with some scrambling.