Bookings required
After King's Brithday weekend (early June) – Labour weekend (late October)
Facilities are reduced.
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This is a New Zealand Alpine Club hut.
Facilities and services
- Sleeping bag
- Pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag
- Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner
- Torch
Labour weekend (late October) – King's Birthday weekend (early June):
- Resident hut warden
- Gas cookers
End of King's Birthday weekend (early June) – Labour weekend (late October):
- No hut warden
- No cookers - you will need to take your own cooker
Fees
- New Zealand Alpine Club members Adult: $20
- New Zealand Alpine Club members Youth: $10
- Adult non-members (18+ years): $40
- Youth non-members (5–17 years): $15
- Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
Fees from 1 July 2025
- New Zealand Alpine Club members Adult: $25
- New Zealand Alpine Club members Youth: $10
- Adult non-members (18+ years): $50
- Youth non-members (5–17 years): $25
- Child/Infant (0–4 years): free
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
You can camp outside the hut on a 'first come, first served' basis. Campers have access to toilets and an open-sided shelter but cannot use the hut facilities. See Aspiring Campsite for fees.
Bookings
Bookings are required all year. Book Aspiring Hut online
Bookings for 1 July 2025 to 30 June 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 June 2025
Bookings are currently open.
A $10 service fee applies to all phone, email and in-person bookings. New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) members applying for their discount will not be charged this fee.
Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival.
Time from nearest road end and huts
- Raspberry Creek car park via West Matukituki Track: 2–2 hr 30 min
- French Ridge Hut: 4–5 hr
- Liverpool Hut: 3–4 hr
Tracks to this hut
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Duration: 6 hr one way Difficulty: Intermediate, Advanced
Location
NZTopo50 map sheet: CA11
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1254866, N5065962
Landslide hazard
Aspiring Hut sits in a known landslide debris path which poses a potential hazard to people at the hut and campsite. The risk may increase following earthquake events or very heavy rainfall. A temporary closure procedure for Aspiring Hut will be activated when heavy rainfall is forecast.
Hut ranger
A hut ranger will usually be present from October to end of April.
Large group notification required
As well as making an online booking, groups of more than ten people need to fill in a large group notification form. Contact the Tititea/Mt Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre at least two weeks before your departure date to receive this. The form is not a booking.
Wānaka Tititea/Mount Aspiring National Park
Visitor Centre
Phone: | +64 3 443 7660 |
Email: | wanakavc@doc.govt.nz |
Address: | 1 Ballantyne Road Wānaka 9305 |
Hours: | Visitor centre hours and services |