Mueller Hut

About this hut

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 6:45 pm. There are instructions in the hut that explain how the radio update is done.

Facilities

Cooking, Mattresses, Lighting, Toilets - non-flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Water supply

Fees and bookings

Fees

NZ Alpine Club members: $40 per night

1 May - 30 September

• Adult (18+ years): $50 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $25 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

1 October - 30 April

Weekdays:

• Adult (18+ years): $55 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $27.50 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Weekends:

• Adult (18+ years): $57 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $28.50 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

1 December - 29 February

Weekdays:

• Adult (18+ years): $60 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $30 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

Weekends:

• Adult (18+ years): $62 per night
• Child/youth (5–17 years): $31 per night
• Infant (0–4 years): free

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

Bookings

Bookings are open for stays from 9 November 2026 to 27 April 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.

Bookings are required.

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

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.

Trails

Mueller Hut can be accessed on the trail Mueller Hut from our trail directory.