Perched at 1200 metres above sea level in the Mount Field National Park is the F.A. Peterson Memorial Hut (also known as K Col Hut) built in honour of “Bobs” Peterson, a one-time member of the Hobart Walking Club and appointed as Secretary of the Mt Field National Park Board in the late 1940’s.  Members of the HWC built the hut which was officially opened by Sir Edmund Hillary in March 1960.  With exterior walls built of stone, the hut is A-frame in design with an upper sleeping platform. While not overly large by average standards it is a welcome high country refuge providing emergency shelter for hikers on route to Mt Field West.  In November 2015 a grant from the Tasmanian Community Fund to the Friends of Mount Field enabled much needed repairs and maintenance to be carried out on the hut.