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Mount Hutt Ski Resort
Mt Hutt at a glance
On the mountain
Ski Area
Sitting in a large bowl, with tougher runs on the perimeter and more intermediate slopes in the middle, Mount Hutt offers more than 365 skiable hectares (900 acres) in the main ski area and 107 hectares of back country skiing in the Rakaia Saddle chutes.
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Ski Lift System
Mount Hutt’s ski trails and freestyle features are accessed by a six seater express chairlift, an express quad chair, a triple chair and a 140m long magic carpet – only four lifts but they cover a big area and carrying up to 7,400 riders per hour.
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Ski Hire
Ski equipment can be hired from Mount Hutt Ski Rentals at the ski area base station or from one of three ski shops in Methven.
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Ski Schools & Guiding
Mount Hutt Snowsports School has some 90 ski instructors, a dedicated one-stop Children’s Centre and a licensed Skiwiland crèche.
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Advanced
Advanced skiers and riders can try Mount Hutt’s main bowl or head for the steeper challenges of the Double Black Diamond runs of South Face or the Rakaia Chutes.
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Intermediate
From the top of Mount Hutt’s Summit Six chair, Fascination,
Morning Glory and other blue runs provide some excellent cruising for
intermediate skiers and boarders, with The Towers another possible
option for stronger intermediates.
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Beginner
Best slopes for complete beginners are in the area close to Mount
Hutt’s base station which includes perfect pitch slopes for novices. As
they gain confidence beginners can progress to large parts of the
central Mount Hutt ski area to ski runs like Wayleggo and Highway 72,
which are fairly benign.
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Boarding & Freestyle
Boarders and freeskiers can choose between the Dirty Dog
halfpipe, the 10,000 square metres Up and Go Terrain Park, or a
beginners’ park.
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Mountain restaurants
The fast-food Sky High Café at Mt Hutt, with exhilarating views
across the entire ski area, specialises in pizza, burgers, and
traditional fish and chips. Hutt Base Bar is a small licensed
coffee/bar outlet inside the cafeteria which also services the sun
deck.
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Ski Map
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Off the Mountain
Village
Mount Hutt has no real village on the mountain as such and there’s no accommodation on the mountain. The nearest community is 25km away, down the mountain road at quaint little farming town of Methven, where most skiers choose to stay in one of a dozen or more hotels from 4-star down to 1-star and reasonably lively nightlife.
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Accommodation
Besides skiing, snowboarding, heli-skiing & heliboarding Mount Hutt and Club Fields - Broken River, Porter Heights, Craigeburn – backpackers and adventure travellers are visiting all year round for a host of other activities including hot air ballooning, salmon & trout fishing, jet boating, river rafting, water skiing, mountain biking and road cycling, parachuting.
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Restaurants & Bars
Methven has a wide range of restaurants for a small rural town. Although nothing on the scale of Queenstown, Methven is none the less welcoming, and there’s just enough to keep après-skiers content. more...
Getting There
The closest town to Mount Hutt ski area and most convenient place to stay is Methven (26km). Christchurch is over 100 km away. The last 13km from the main road is a quite daunting drive along Mt Hutt Skifield Road, making Mt Hutt ski area more difficult to reach than most.
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