Mini Huts

by Kemi Niko

Made with the spirit and integrity of the backcountry; from salvaged materials to handcrafted construction.

We’re back in 2024 with a new hut each month. Join us as we showcase the making process and delve into the history of real backcountry huts.

Ivory Lake Hut 

Waitaha Catchment, Westland

Aotearoa’s highest altitude SF70 six bunk hut. Built in 1970 to aid the monitoring of glacier dynamics, the Ministry of Works airdropped in the SF70 chimney and all despite the alpine site.

It sits on concrete piles bolted to solid rock and a lean replaced the chimney to house the scientific equipment to help understand climate change.



︎ Watch Ivory Lake mini get built 

White Hut with red roof sitting on ‘concrete’ piles

All orders will ship within 7 days

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Sign the Hut Book

Contribute to this new feature we’re testing out.  We love reading hut books, if you do too add your entry and read others!

2023 huts: Jan | Mar | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct  2024: Feb

Mini Hut Ingredients

_{Made in Aotearoa}

½ Large tin can, slab of reclaimed rimu or pine, hours of time and attention, years of experimentation, a healthy dose of hut obsession.

Every hut comes with a corrigated info card & map hidden in its chimney

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