Bealey Spur Hut is one of the oldest remaining musterers’ huts in the Arthur’s Pass region. It was built around 1935 for the men who worked the surrounding high-country sheep runs. Long before it became a trampers’ favourite, it was a place of hard work and isolation, a small timber hut weathering the snow and wind. When the mustering days faded, trampers began following the same ridgeline for its sweeping views of the Waimakariri Valley, and the hut was adopted into the recreation network. Today it’s lovingly maintained and visited. It represents that turning point in our hut history when working shelters became places of recreation and reflection, connecting generations through shared appreciation of the same wild places.