Blue Lake Shelter
Photograph from the KHA Archives © 2002.
Known as Blue Lake Shelter or Blue Lake Hut
Located just below the turn off track to Blue Lake, in the saddle. The ruins are very visible today.
History
This hut was built by the the NSW Tourist Bureau in 1897 for skiing and walkers. It was stuck by lightning in 1910 and not repaired at the time.
Following the removal of the nearby Soil Conservation Hut, this shelter should have been re-established as a small emergency shelter in a key location. History will no doubt show that that is still a good idea, given the number of people who walk this way each year. It is one hut that could very well be re-built for both historical and survival reasons, with no impact on the immediate surroundings of Blue Lake.
Construction
Built of stone, with a stone chimney and iron roof, internal dimensions less than nine square metres in total. Granite stones of substantial size were used as lintels.
References
Hueneke Pp8, 9
Willis (1980)