Empress Hut
Serviced Alpine hutAoraki/Mount Cook National Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
About this place
This is an alpine serviced 12-bunk hut in the Aoraki/Mount Cook area. The route to Empress Hut is highly technical and only suitable for very experienced mountaineers.
Fees and bookings
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BX15
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Contact
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
1 Larch Grove, Aoraki/Mount Cook 7999
Regional DOC service centre.
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All details
- Facilities
- MattressesLightingToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- No
- Category
- Serviced Alpine
- Location
- Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 12
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- No
- Website
- This place on doc.govt.nz
- Source data
- View source data
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.43.59479° S, 170.12175° E
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Sources
- DOC Huts · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- OpenStreetMap Huts · ODbL (Open Database License)Contains information from OpenStreetMap, made available under the ODbL.
- 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).