Tramping shelter on the Gentle Annie Track between Holdsworth Lodge and Powell Hut on the Mount Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit in the Tararua Forest Park.
A hut named Mountain House stood on the site from as early as 1907 until circa 2001. The present shelter was prefabricated offsite by the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, and carried in to the site by helicopter, to replace the hut.
Date: 1909 to 1918
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-f-008
Description: Photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (Vol 1, figures 1-146). Images show geology, topography, physiography and flora of the Tararua Ranges. Views of the Tararua Ranges, with peaks named (figs 1-6); ascent of Mt Waiopehu (3588 ft.), 22 Jan 1909 (figs 8-10); 1st crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 13-19 Feb 1909, finishing on a campsite on the farmland of Alfred Deal at Waingawa, also a view of Mr Deal's house, and views of Masterton, including the Masterton Post Office and public gardens (figs 11-45); visit to the High Fall on the Poruriri Ridge near Tokomaru, 30 Oct 1910 (figs 46-49); ascent of Mt Tawirikohukohu (3455 ft) via the Ohau Rover, 18 Dec 1910 (figs 50-52); 3rd ascent of Mt Waiopehu, 3-6 Jan 1911 (Figs 73-76); across the Tararua Range via Palmerston North-Pahiatua Road, 22-23 Jan 1911 (figs 73-76); visit to the Ohau-Mangahao divide via the southern branch of the Ohau River, 12 Feb 1911 (figs 77-83); 2nd crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 9-17 Feb 1911 (figs 84-128); ascent of Te Paki trig station on the Tararua foothils east of Shannon, 10 Dec 1916 (figs 129-132); topography & physiography of the valley of the Makahika, tributary of the Ohau River, 6 Jan 1918 (figs 133-134); 2nd ascent of Te Paki & topography of the Upper Tokomaru Valley, 28 Apr 1918 (figs 135-136); 1st visit to the No.1 gorge on the Mangahao River, 29 Feb 1919 (figs 137-138); topography & physiography of the Waireka & Wainui valleys, 13 Apr 1919 (figs 139-142); physiography of the Poruriri Ridge & Mangaharakeke Falls, on the Tararua western foothills near Tokomaru, 24 Aug 1919 (figs 143-146).
Date: Dec 1907-Apr 1919
By: Thompson, H C, active 1907-1919
Reference: Micro-MS-0482
Description: Visitors' book, kept by the caretaker, Mr H C Thompson, of Mountain House, Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 204 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
Date: [ca 1907]
From: Iorns, Bennett :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa
Reference: PAColl-1785-3
Description: First Holdsworth mountain house, Mount Holdsworth, circa 1907. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top left - First Holdsworth mountain house. Some time in 1907 before final completion Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: [ca 1937]
From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa
Reference: 1/2-C-023456-F
Description: Snow on the Mountain House, Mount Holdsworth, circa 1937. Photograph taken by Bennett Iorns. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).