Pyramid Hut

Stewardship Land, West Coast

Pyramid Hut, Stewardship Land  - 1946 by SimonJ - By Robin WM Johnson CMC, Easter 1946 Removed
Backcountry Hut, 6 Bunks
Amenities
Heating, Open Fire
Water Source
Water body near hut
Location
NZ Topo 50:BV19 643 458
NZTM Grid Ref:E1464342 N5245824
Lat/Long:-42.928136171.337609
Elevation:937m
Notes
Located on the TL in the Arahura valley on the Browning Pass bridle track. An NZFS report from 1981 states that the hut was built about 1908 for gold miners. It had low rock walls around the exterior up to window level. The roof was corrugated iron, & the interior framing was native timber. Trampers began using the Hut after the mining ceased & an article from 1921 named the hut as one of the shelters on the route. It was probably abandoned around 1963 when the NZFS built Harman Hut downriver. The Hut was still standing in the early 1970s, but derelict, with large holes in the corrugated iron roof. In 1973 the track was redirected from the original benchline down to the riverbed and the hut was no longer passed by trampers. By 2015 all that could be found at the hut site was rusted iron. Edit Hut
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Tramper- 10/04/2016
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Photo (B & W): Stan Conway, NZAC Collection, Hocken Library. Photo of remains: Glenn Johnston.

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