Just about at Kime hut, perfect calm conditions and moonlight on the snow meant we didn't even need our torches!

A rare dose of fine weather at Kime Hut.

A frosty June morning at a (then) freshly painted Kime Hut.  Situated on the 'Southern Crossing' between Bridge peak and Field Peak. Sleeps: About 24. Heating: No (a real icebox). Camping: Tops camping.  In a possibly apocryphal story Ben Clendon relates how people he knew couldn't find the hut in a storm, pitched the tent and awoke ...

A light frost touches the tussocks and spaniards near Kime Hut.

A famous (and cold!) Tararua hut, located on the Southern Crossing.  Spectacular on a good day, but expect cold and clag.  The hut is now cream and red.