Thread: Backcountry Hut Research

I can think of six people killed while in huts. There may be more but those are the six I know of. Four were because the wire tie downs were not up to scratch.

Originally Posted by wobblyboot

I can think of six people killed while in huts. There may be more but those are the six I know of. Four were because the wire tie downs were not up to scratch.

How many huts did those 6 fatalities involve?

Originally Posted by Shearer

How many huts did those 6 fatalities involve?

Lake Daniels 2 deaths from memory.
Landslide

DoC did a lot of landslide assessments 20 years ago from memory again. I found several huts closed, locked and with hazard signs on them at the time.
Sadly they hadn't put up signs to advise this at the trail ends.

But the conservation estate is full of hazards and they are very hard to eliminate
Personal responsibility is the final safeguard
If that fails then Darwin's Theory kicks in

Two, four at Barron Saddle when the number eight wire broke in a storm and two in the hut up the Motueka River which was swept off its concrete slab.

Originally Posted by wobblyboot

Two, four at Barron Saddle when the number eight wire broke in a storm and two in the hut up the Motueka River which was swept off its concrete slab.

Ok. Didn't know about the Motueka river. What was the hut?

I think it was called Bushline but not entirely sure.