Tin Hut

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Tin Hut
National Park Kosciuszko National Park
State NSW, Australia
Grid Reference 277856
GPS Reference S36 15.885 E148 25.434
Built in 1920s
Built by Dr Schlink and the Ski Club of Australia
Built for Ski Touring
Maintained By Ski Club of Australia
Access By Foot, or ski in winter

Tin Hut is an Australian alpine hut. Located on the Ski touring route from Kosciuszko to Kiandra in the Kerries, to the South of Mount Jagungal. Built in the 1920s for the New South Wales Tourist Bureau, Dr Schlink and the Ski Club of Australia, with the specific aim of supporting the first Kiandra to Kosciusko ski crossing. Tin hut is famous for very good snow falls often covering the hut.