Woolshed Creek Hut. Photo DOCA volunteer Department of Conservation hut warden is believed to have died in a fall near a hut in the foothills of the Southern Alps west of Ashburton. Phone polling over the next few hours indicated the man’s phone remained in one location, near Pinnacles Hut. A helicopter was sent into the area and the man’s body was found just before 10pm, police said. “It appears that he had fallen near Pinnacles Hut.”In a statement, the department confirmed the man was a volunteer hut warden at Woolshed Creek Hut in the Mt Somers area.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 22, 2017 22:52 UTC