Mount Stirling - Huts

Huts

There are a number of huts in the area of Mount Stirling providing emergency refuge to visitors:

  • Bluff Spur Hut is a shelter hut near the summit erected as a memorial to a pair of skiers who died of exposure on the mountain.
  • Kingsaddle Shelter, an open shelter amidst towering Alpine Ash.
  • Howqua Gap Hut was moved around Mount Stirling for loggers to shelter in and was left at the bottom of the Howqua Gap trail.
  • Geelong Grammar School Hut on the other side of the summit from Bluff Spur Hut is owned by Geelong Grammar School and is used during cross country skiing by students from the Timbertop campus.
  • Craig's Hut in the Clear Hills, built as a set for the The Man from Snowy River film was destroyed on 11 December 2006 by bushfire. However, it has now been rebuilt.
  • Mount No 3 Refuge Hut, rebuilt in 2007
  • Bus Hut on the Mount Number 3 Road

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