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Hut Fees | Care of Huts | Hut Discount
The Club owns several huts in Canterbury, which provide a good base for mountain activities. These are available either free of charge or at reduced rates for members.
Kennedy Lodge, Arthurs Pass | Wyn Irwin, Mt Cook | Cameron Hut | Banfield Hut | Lyell Hut | Barker Hut | Park Morpeth Hut | Waimak Falls Hut | Eric Bivvy and St Winifred's Hut at the head of the Havelock.
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The CMC also has access to Empress Hut.
Wyn Irwin and Kennedy Lodge currently have combination locks fitted. The combinations are changed regularly. The current numbers for both huts can be obtained from Bill & Sherelle King, phone 942 9188 or Owen Rees, phone 323 8988. Be sure to plan ahead to obtain the combination well before you plan to leave. Bad planning on your part is no reason for an emergency phone call. Please note: the combination for Kennedy Lodge is NOT available from anyone at Arthurs Pass.
Hut fees for:
Kennedy Lodge & Wyn Irwin are $8 per night (members) and $20 for non-members, children 12 & under free 13-17 $8.00 per night. If there is no warden in residence, please complete the hut book with your name, address and number of nights you stayed and post your fees to the Club Treasurer, PO Box 2415, Christchurch annotating the hut used.
The other CMC huts are free for members and $5 for non members per night.
Note: A hut register is kept by keycode access holders to track hut usage. Please pay any hut fees promptly. Club members get first priority in club huts; no bookings are available.
The Club has a long and proud history, going back many years, of building huts in the mountains. All Club huts have been upgraded over the last ten years and their care and maintenance is a major cost to the Club, both in cash and, more particularly, in the continuing effort put in by our dedicated Hut Maintenance Team, currently led by Robin Muirson.
Please take care to avoid fire. Candles put our huts at risk. Five huts currently have solar power and others will have it fitted. All huts have, or will soon have, fire extinguishers and fire blankets for smothering flames.
Club huts are primarily for Club Members but all mountain travellers are welcome. Any feedback relating to hut condition, damage needing repair etc, is appreciated contact Robin on 0274344122. Please remove your rubbish and, at Wyn Irwin, cooperate with the Hut Warden.
Please could you pass on our information to any interested club members? We will give 10-20% discount on any bookings for walking holidays depending on season with a mention of CMC. Here is a little description of what we do, or see our website below for more details. We have a superb footpath network and our own route guide... and nobody knows the area better than us! We have been exploring and observing here for 15 years!
The walking potential from Bareges is enormous with walks for all interests and abilities with an extensive and well signposted footpath network. At lower levels the paths take you through meadows, mixed woodland and the picturesque villages of the Pays Toy, to the south of you enter the National Park and the superb Neouvielle region with its hundred lakes and 3000m peaks. The GR10 long distance footpath also passes through the village. We offer a programme of guided walks each week at the most dramatic sites within the Parc National des Pyrenees. Our vast repertoire, which we have developed over 15 years of exploration ourselves, includes walks at the Cirque de Gavarnie, the Neouvielle lakes, the Cirque de Troumouse, and cross border walks into Spain. At each site we choose our routes by taking into account your interests, using as much as possible lesser known trails. Easy road access into the high mountains allows us to programme walks where one can appreciate the wildlife, savour the dramatic scenery, and enjoy that wonderful feeling of being on top of the world. There is too much to see and enjoy here for head down ascents!
Rob & Rachel Williamson, Les Sorbiers, 65120 Bareges, France
+33 (0)5 62 92 86 68
+33 (0)6 24 93 70 04
info@lessorbiers.co.uk
http://www.lessorbiers.co.uk
