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    WALK SHORTS

    Jan 19, 2022 4 minutes

    New DOC facilities this summer

    Trampers and campers may notice a range of upgrades and new DOC facilities this summer.

    A new shelter has been built on the Heaphy Track, replacing the old Lewis Hut, near the confluence of the Lewis and Heaphy rivers. The shelter will provide emergency accommodation for people travelling between the Heaphy and Mackay huts as sometimes the river can be too high to cross safely. The old Lewis Hut was demolished. It was in poor condition and prone to seasonal flooding and erosion.

    Also in Kahurangi National Park, a new viewing platform has been built overlooking Mirror Tarn as part of $5.7m of upgrades in the Ōpārara Basin. The track to the tarn has also been extended and the Ōpārara Arch track surface

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