Aspiring Hut
Located in Matukituki Valley area and Mount Aspiring National Park in the Otago region
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Introduction
This historic stone hut in the spectacular Matukituki Valley is a great overnight tramp for families with children or those new to tramping.Facilities
- Cooking
- Heating
- Lighting
- Mattresses
- Toilets - flush
- Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
Seasonal restrictions
Labour weekend (late October) – 30 April
Bookings are required.
1 May – Labour weekend (late October)
Facilities are reduced.
This is a New Zealand Alpine Club hut.
Facilities and services
Labour weekend (late October) – April
- Resident hut warden
- Gas cookers
- Bookings required Labour weekend (late October) to April
- Sleeping bag
- Pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag
- Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner
- Torch
May – Labour weekend (late October)
- No hut warden
- No cookers
- Bookings not required May to Labour weekend (late October)
- Sleeping bag
- Cooking stove, pots/pans and utensils
- Toilet paper
- Rubbish bag
- Newspaper/firelighters and matches/lighter for the wood burner/fire
- Torch
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
Backcountry Hut Passes and Backcountry Hut Tickets cannot be used at this hut.
Fees to camp at the hut
Adult: $5
Youth (5-17 years): $2.50
Child/infant (0-4 years): free
Camping here is on a “first come, first served” basis. Pay at the Tititea/Mount Aspiring Visitor Centre in Wānaka. Campers have access to toilets and an open-sided shelter but cannot use the hut facilities.
Bookings
Labour weekend (late October) – 30 April
Bookings required. Book Aspiring Hut online
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.
1 May– Labour weekend (late October)
Bookings not required - bunks available on a first come, first served basis.
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
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.
Sleeping mat required
This can be a popular hut, outside the booking season consider carrying a sleeping mat in case no bunks are available.
Large group notification required May to October
During the months May to October, 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 – the hut is still first come, first served.
Contacts
| Tititea/Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre | |
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| Phone | +64 3 443 7660 |
| wanakavc@doc.govt.nz | |
| Address | 1 Ballantyne Road Wanaka 9305 |
| Hours | See visitor centre hours |
