Ruapehu Mountain Pioneers. Hut Flat, Ruapehu. New Zealand.
S 39° 14.615 E 175° 33.665
60H E 375827 N 5655205
Glacier Hut, the first hut built on the Ruapehu snowfields, has been preserved as a small museum and a memorial, dedicated to the memory of our mountain pioneers.
Waymark Code: WM9D0V
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 08/03/2010
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Built in 1923 by Bill Salt and a team of volunteers from the Ruapehu Ski Club 10 years after the club, New Zealand's first, was established, Glacier Hut was the only structure on the ski field for 13 years.
Glacier Hut was eventually superseded as facilities on the mountain improved. It was enlarged in 1946 and used as a storeroom from 1949. It was later cleaned out, in 1961, to display club memorabilia.
In 1989 it was restored and converted to a skiing museum. Centrally located on the ski field with more modern buildings close by, this hut will continue to be used as a skiing museum and is dedicated to the memory of the men who built it, and all those who first skied and climbed this mountain, our Mountain Pioneers.
The bronze plaque beside the entrance door reads:
Glacier Hut
First hut on these snowfields
Built by the Ruapehu Ski Club in 1923
And preserved in memory of our mountain pioneers.
J.and F.G. 1961.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Hut Flat, Mt Ruapehu. Tongariro National Park.
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