Ball Hut
Standard hutAoraki/Mount Cook National Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is a standard 3-bunk hut in the Aoraki/Mount Cook area.
Know before you go
Some areas require high tramping skills
We recommend high level of tramping skills and experience if you’re going: beyond Husky Flat on the old Ball Hut Road, and up the east Hooker (western side) of the Ball Pass crossing.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Fees and bookings
Before you go, complete an intentions form and pay fees at the Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park Visitor Centre using cash, Eftpos, Backcountry Hut Pass or Backcountry Hut Tickets. About hut tickets and passes Retailers that sell hut tickets and passes
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BX16
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
1 Larch Grove, Aoraki/Mount Cook 7999
Regional DOC service centre.
Nearby stops
All details
- Facilities
- MattressesToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Standard
- Location
- Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 3
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.43.62474° S, 170.19084° E
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Sources
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- DOC Huts (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).