About 30 people were in Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track when a landslip crashed into it at 1.30am on Tuesday.
Heavy machinery was sent in to assess and clean-up the wreckage along State Highway 94 in to Milford
on Thursday.
Contractors were reviewing the state of the road to determine how long it would take to repair the damage caused and reopen the passageway.
Several parts of the road along State Highway 94 collapsed in to the river below following heavy rainfall and flooding.
Sections of the road appear to have almost entirely sunken in as result of last week’s severe weather.
Slips bowled through roading infrastructure along State Highway 94 last week, leaving a trail of debris and rockfalls blocking the road.
Illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery took to the sky this week to capture the damage of the road into Milford Sound.
Evidence of the damage caused by heavy rainfall and severe flooding across the Southland region is prominent along State Highway 94 from a birds-eye view.
