Mueller Hut
Serviced Alpine hutAoraki/Mount Cook National Park, CanterburyDOC data as at 20 September 2026
Current advisories
Mueller Hut Route – winter conditions
28 June 2026
Sub-zero temperatures and ice is now expected on the track. Expect snow at all times. Alpine skills and equipment, as well as warm and waterproof clothing are now essential to walk to Mueller Hut. First published on 20 April 2026. Last reviewed on 29 June 2026.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai alerts.
About this place
This is an alpine serviced 28-bunk hut in the Aoraki/Mount Cook area.
Know before you go
Weather forecast
Mueller Hut weather forecast – NIWA website
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Trip options
Walking times computed leg by leg from DOC track descriptions, from car-accessible trailheads.
2 options · 1 to 2 nights
Aoraki/Mount Cook Village
Walking in
4 hr
Walking out
3 hr to Aoraki/Mount Cook Village
Walking in
4 hr
Walking out
4 hr to Aoraki/Mount Cook Village
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai track descriptions.
Fees and bookings
1 May - 30 September
1 October - 30 April
Weekdays
Weekends
1 December - 29 February
Weekdays
Weekends
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Bookings are open for stays from 2 November 2026 to 2 May 2027. If no availability shows online for your dates, the hut is fully booked. No spaces are kept for visitors arriving without a booking. Phone and in‑person bookings made at a visitor centre incur a $10 service fee. Same‑day bookings are available online until 8 pm if spaces remain. 2 November 2026 - 2 May 2027 Bookings are required. Book Mueller Hut online Your hut booking is for any bunk bed, not for a specific bunk bed – select your bunk bed on arrival. 1 May 2026 - 1 November 2026 Bookings are not required – first come, first served on the day of your intended hike at the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre (opens at 8:30 am). They will issue you a hut ticket and register your intentions before your walk. Arriving at the hut without purchasing a ticket first at the visitor centre may mean you can't be accommodated and have to return to the village.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
- Topo map
- Topo50 sheet BX15
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
On these tracks
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
- CookingMattressesLightingToilets - non-flushWater from tap - not treatedboil before useWater supply
- Bookable
- Yes
- Category
- Serviced Alpine
- Location
- Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- Fireplace
- No
- Mattress
- Yes
- Capacity
- 28
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- untreated
- Reservations
- required
- Fee
- Yes
- 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.43.72111° S, 170.06460° 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).