Mueller 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 4:45 pm. There are instructions in the hut that explain how the radio update is done.

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.

11 November - 30 April

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 - 10 November

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.

Car parking fees

The track to Mueller Hut starts near the White Horse Hill car park. DOC charges fees for car parking at White Horse Hill.

The fees are $2.50 per half hour or $25 a day. If you arrive and leave within 20 minutes, parking is free. If you plan to stay for longer than 20 minutes you must pay on arrival.

Payment machines that accept debit and credit cards are highly visible at each site. Cash payments are not accepted.

Locals and other car park users can purchase an annual permit. Permits cannot be purchased at the payment machines and need to be purchased online.

Note: If you arrive one day and leave the next you will pay car parking fees for two days ($50). If you plan to stay for multiple days ($50 or more) it may be more affordable for you to purchase an annual permit.

How to pay fees or buy an annual permit.

Tracks to this hut

• Mueller Hut Route

Location

NZTopo50 map sheet: BX15
Grid/NZTM2000 coordinates: E1363621, N5154771

You must visit the Aoraki/Mount Cook Visitor Centre on the day to pay hut fees (if visiting outside the booking period) and get the latest on weather and mountain conditions.

Weather forecast

Mueller Hut weather forecast – NIWA website