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Mueller Hut.
Mueller Hut

Located in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the Canterbury region

This is an alpine serviced 28-bunk hut in the Aoraki/Mount Cook area.

Facilities and services

  • Lighting - solar
  • Platform bunks with mattresses in separate bunkrooms
  • Gas cookers

Note, toilet can be inaccessible in winter.

There is a daily radio check-in and weather update to all the alpine huts in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. This is at 4:45 pm. There are instructions in the hut that explain how the radio update is done.

Fees

  • Adult (18+ years): $50 per night
  • NZ Alpine Club members: $35 per night
  • Child (5–17 years): $25 per night
  • Infant (0–4 years): free
4 November - 30 April

Pay when you make a booking.

1 May - 3 November

Pay at the Aoraki/Mount Cook Visitor Centre on the day you start

Fees from 1 July 2025

  • Adult (18+ years): $55 per night
  • NZ Alpine Club members: $40 per night
  • Child (5–17 years): $28 per night
  • Infant (0–4 years): free

Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.

Bookings

Bookings for 25 October 2025 to 30 April 2026

Bookings open at 9.30 am on Tuesday 13 May 2025.

All bookings are first-come first-served. We do not have waiting lists for bookings for future seasons or facilities that are already booked-out.

Bookings for stays up to 30 April 2025

Bookings are currently open.

4 November  - 30 April

Bookings are required. Book Mueller Hut online

A $10 service fee applies to phone and in-person booking. This is a limited service – book online first. An in-person booking is dependent on there being space available.

Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.

1 May - 3 November

Bookings are not required – first come, first served but you must still register your intentions with the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre before you walk.

Tracks to this hut

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BX15
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1363621, N5154771

You must visit the Aoraki/Mount Cook Visitor Centre on the day to pay hut fees (if visiting outside the booking period) and get the latest on weather and mountain conditions.

Weather forecast

Mueller Hut weather forecast – NIWA website