Black Mountain Hut
Canterbury · Nouvelle-Zélande0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Black Mountain Hut in the Canterbury region, upper Rangitata/Erewhon valley area (South Island, New Zealand), at 573 m altitude. Continuous Canterbury Rangitata cluster (batches 230+239). DOC (Department of Conservation) hut or historic musterers' hut converted into a free shelter on the Arrowsmith Range/Two Thumb Range routes. Area of tussock (Chionochloa) and beech forest (Southern beech), inspiration for Samuel Butler's "Erewhon" (1872).
Off-season beds
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The setting
Canterbury, upper Rangitata/Erewhon valley, NZ, 573 m, continuous cluster batches 230-239, DOC/musterers, tussock/beech, Samuel Butler's Erewhon 1872.
