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Mid Robinson Hut
Warning

Robinson River Route damaged and hard to navigate

From 1 May 2023Updated 13 August 2026
West Coast

Severe weather has badly damaged the Robinson River Route. There are slips, uprooted trees and two destroyed bridges. One bridge 500 m below Top Robinson Hut and another just south of Mid Robinson Hut. Access is difficult. Travel is only possible when river levels are low. You need a high level of backcountry skill to navigate steep gravel banks and off-track river travel safely. River levels can rise quickly and currents can become stronger with little warning. This is a long term alert.

Detail

Severe weather has badly damaged the Robinson River Route. There are slips, uprooted trees and two destroyed bridges. One bridge 500 m below Top Robinson Hut and another just south of Mid Robinson Hut.

Access is difficult. Travel is only possible when river levels are low.

You need a high level of backcountry skill to navigate steep gravel banks and off-track river travel safely. River levels can rise quickly and currents can become stronger with little warning.

This is a long term alert.

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Mid Robinson Hut

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Alert data from DOC — CC BY 4.0

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