Gingerbread Hut

[lyndoor]

Has anyone been to the Gingerbread Hut in recent times?
It was part of the Mt Rufus Ski Club! Who knew there was such a thing...
I can find a nice old photo of it but I was wondering if it was suitable to overnight in?
Anyone know?

lyndoor

[flyfisher]

Google gingerbread hut, sounds o.k. Has pics and info.
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[lyndoor]

Did that already, Flyfisher! What would we do without Google?! Only thing was that it doesn't say if it is for public use & is locked/unlocked.
Does anyone know?

[ILUVSWTAS]

Have not heard in years, and could be wrong. But I think it's open to the public??

[tas-man]

Yes, its open to the public. The Launceston Walking Club added insulation to the roof, repaired windows, and repainted the hut in 1998, and some photos are here on the Koscuiszko Huts website - http://www.kosciuszkohuts.org.au/Hut%20 ... bread.html If anyone is visiting this hut and can report on its condition, please let us know.

[lyndoor]

If anyone is visiting this hut and can report on its condition, please let us know.

Up that way yesterday, Tas-man, but we were running short of time to go down to it. We headed up about 11am & didn't get in until nearly 6pm taking lots of pictures along the way. We stayed overnight in "Drumlins" which is the backpaker accommodation at Cynthia Bay. Thoroughly recommend it for a base. Great facilities.

We are planning an overnight camp later in the summer & hope to get down to the Hut then.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Great pics! Like the Mt Gell and hut ones.

[eggs]

A bit off topic - but I went to Rufus about 24 years ago - and I don't remember a cairn like that !! Does anyone know how long it has been there?

[north-north-west]

That cairn is older than you are, eggs. Either your eyesight was, or your memory is, a little unreliable.

What I don't remember from either of my visits is that sort of a view. Especially the one of Frenchman's.

[walkinTas]

This one is taken from Rufus on the other side, closer to Hugel. It is Frenchman's looking past Mt. Gell.

[Buddy]

Gingerbread was uninhabitable in the early 2000s. Would have had to have a lot of work since then to make good.

[walkinTas]

What I don't remember from either of my visits is that sort of a view. Especially the one of Frenchman's.

There are two huts on my map. The Gingerbread hut is close to the top of Rufus and the Joe Slater hut is much further down the Gingerbread track.

I haven't been to Gingerbread, but I have to agree with you. The first photo from Lyndoor looks to have Frenchman's very close. Frenchman's looks too big and in too much detail for a photo from Rufus.

[Bushy of Hobart]

I was up there a couple of years ago and it was completely uninhabitable - almost falling down.
Looked like it had been hit by some extremely strong winds.
There were some nice campsites just below it though.

[eggs]

WalkinTas
That view of Frenchman's is just the effect of a big zoom at work.
The hut will be on the side of Rufus - I have not dug up my 30 yr old slides - but that view is how I remember it - just zoomed in a lot.

[lyndoor]

That's right, Eggs, but I don't know about "big".
It was cropped after taking the shot from a little Lumix DMC-ZR1. It has an 8x optical zoom.

Check out the photo in Board index ‹ Local Track ‹ Tasmania entitled "Thankyou". Much clearer pic! Spooky!

[iaindtiler]

frenchmans looks so close purely from a telephoto lense. 2nd snap is from summit of Rufus.

[daznkez]

hi daz and i were up at joe salter hut last winter for a couple of days at the time we had intended to go to gingerbread hut however parks said it was uninhabitable apparently wall had blown away in severe storms. we did not get to see the hut to confirm what parks had said. joe slater hut is in reasonable to good condition and can be used as a base for mt rufus etc in the winter time. It would be great to renovate gingerbread hut if possible as from the photos i've seen it looks really cute, and from a survival point of view it would be very useful. i think both huts are now managed by a ski club???? keep us in the loop if any renovation projects get started would love to help.

[tas-man]

Here's a photo taken last Saturday on a Launceston Walking Club ski trip to Mt Rufus that shows the Gingerbread Hut in the recent snow.

[lyndoor]

Wow, Tas-man, what a great shot.
Makes it all look very appealing but I bet that skier had a long slog up to get that run, huh?

lyndoor