Issue Specific Advisory Report for Angelus Hut Tracks

Angelus Hut is perched high on the Travers Range between Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa in Nelson Lakes National Park. We identified access to Angelus Hut, most notably via Robert Ridge, as a hotspot for tramping incidents in New Zealand.

As a result, the NZ Mountain Safety Council (MSC), Department of Conservation (DOC) and NZ Police formed an Issue Specific Advisory Group to develop and propose a number of prevention solutions which will improve the safety of trampers heading to Angelus Hut. We generated a report that contains the proposed solutions which the Advisory Group has suggested, after working through a facilitated design-thinking process.

Following a review of the provisional report, MSC and DOC met to discuss each of the proposed solutions in detail and agree on the next steps towards implementation. The agreed actions for each of the proposed solutions are provided as a summary at the the report found below.

Advisory Group Report

• Read more about this Issue Specific Advisory Group project and more
• Read RNZ article Oct 2021 | Focus on improving tramper safety for Angelus hut - a hot spot for accidents
• Find this hut and area of tracks on Plan My Walk
• Watch the Robert Ridge Route | Tramping Video Series