Each month we’ll handcraft a batch of one specific hut, showcasing the process and delving into the history of the real hut.

Hooker Hut

Hooker Valley, Aoraki Mount Cook


Hooker hut, like those who stay in her, is a danger seeker. Built high above Hooker Glacier in 1910 it has been moved 5 times, hit by an avalanche, taken apart and stored before being moved to its current safer site. 

This design was a Mini Hut request and we were drawn in by it’s bold colour scheme. The centenarian hut stubbornly refused to be tamed after being rebuilt. It wore out the new roof paint job within a year to show its true age and we have sought to emulate that by offering a speckled roof treatment.

Plain orange roof is also available. 

Watch  some of the making process for Hooker Hut  


Reclaimed timber, salvaged steel coloured with Future Green with Shock Orange  

Optional treatment of speckled (middle image) or plain (top).


Limited numbers available. Please state your roof preference (speckled or plain) in the checkout notes section


































Hooker Hut image credits:

Current day - Thomas Chin

Historical - from Shelter From the Storm, Craig Potton Publishing 2012