Wharepapa Hut (Joe’s Hut) - Remutaka Forest Park, Wellington

Wharepapa Hut (Joe’s Hut)Park: Remutaka Forest ParkWellington3/5Total ratings 18Category: Backcountry HutBunks: 5Wharepapa Hut (Joe’s Hut) is located in Remutaka Forest Park in the region of Wellington. It has 5 bunks and the category of Backcountry Hut.Built in 1962 as a possum trappers hut with the verandah added by the NZFS in 1984. Easter, 2024, saw exNZFS volunteers replace the skylight, add new iron over the veranda, paint the interior, & start painting the exterior until the weather intervened.Location:

Type	Location
New Zealand Topo50 Ref	BQ32 737 230
Latitude Longitude	-41.325922 175.075273
NZTM Grid Reference	E1773675 N5422984

Elevation: 174Amenities: Heating, Mattresses, Toilets, Open FireWater Source: Water body near hut

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WillyStyle

02/12/2024

Pretty basic, 20L waster container, filled from river, open fire, no stove but some character

Mingha

27/11/2024

Hut was in nice shape, good open fire. Came up the river from the bridge at Ocean Beach - 6.5km/50 min jog (riverbeds are all surely public rights of way??)

kimsmith

24/06/2024

This is a great little hut. We walked in via the crossing track from Western Lake road end. Sign says 3 hours it took us 5 1/2 hours. Track is slipped away in alot of places so end up walking along a track half the width. From the first river bed up to the saddle is a total mud slide, alot of crawling and slipping!

Francois_Perron

27/02/2024

Nice hut but it seems to have a lot of rats around (saw one during daytime and a lot of poo inside). The track to the Western Lake Road is badly overgrown from the point 185 to the hut and markers are not frequent. Same for the track leading to the Orongorongo valley through the Papatahi sumit. Marker and track tough to follow till the point 776.

Junglejill

25/10/2022

Great hut, spacious, good fire, plenty of wood around.

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