• Adult (18+ years): $15 per night
• Youth (5–17 years): $7.50 per night
• Child/Infant (0–4 years): free

Before you go, buy a hut ticket online for each night's stay. You can print or display the digital ticket on your device, or write down the ticket and confirmation numbers to take with you. You can also buy a Backcountry Hut Pass that allows you to stay at non-bookable DOC huts for a 12 month period.

Backcountry hut ticket terms and conditions

No track runs directly from the Forest Park boundary to Kelly Knight hut. Expert navigational skills are needed, and caution while exposed to strong winds at the tops of the range.

Access the hut is via Mania Road, Rangiwahia and takes about 8 hours on foot. Park at the road end and follow the Mania Road To Whanahuia Range track to the end of the track.

From here the track ends, and there are no track markers or signage. 

Walk along the tops to the Maungahue High Point then follow the tops to meet the Kelly Knight Hut to Pourangaki Hut track.

Follow the track northwest to reach the hut. The walk on the tops are exposed and strong winds are common – caution is required.

• There are no track markers or signage on parts of this route - expert navigational skills are needed,
• Take care when traveling the exposed tops of the range as strong winds are common.