Carpool to Mt. Hutt
- Date Leaving
- Sunday, July 10
- Date Returning
- Sunday, July 10
- Spaces Free
- 3
- Name
- Richard Smart
- Driven here before
- yes
- Telephone
- Old data not shown
- City you are leaving from
- Christchurch
- Notes
-
Kai ora,
3 spaces in the Blue Beauty (dark blue Subaru Forester). $30 p/p
All the things to make it a comfortable trip.
- Roof bin to put the gear in
- Music or yarns (chat)
- Chains for the wheelsMeet at Yaldhurts road side carpark thingy just after the Russley road intersection. Leaving at 6am so be there before then.
Leaving Hutt in the afternoon, we'll just keep in touch with what time, but usually between 2pm-4pm
Cheers,
Rich
Mt Hutt Snow Report
Status
Road
Snow
81cm — 140cm
Road info
Chains are required on 2WD from Chain Bay 2 (Canterbury View). If you need to hire chains, pull into Chain Bay 1 (Info Booth) where you'll find McEwings offering a self-fit chain hire service. The gate on our access road will open at 7:15am. Road surface conditions can change quickly due to traffic volumes and/or weather conditions so check and load your chains just in case. If you see a line of traffic forming behind you, please pull to the side to allow faster vehicles past. The speed limit on our access road is 40km/h. Keep left to maintain 2-way access at all time.
Weather Comment
Snow, easing during the afternoon but remaining cloudy. Northwesterlies.
Information
It’s 4pm and Mt Hutt is now closed for the day. We've got 5cm in the last 24 hours from the time of update and more on the way!Tomorrow’s weather forecast according to MetService.com is: Snow, clearing late in the afternoon to fine weather. Southwesterlies.Come check out Black Crow demos at the base of Summit 6.Tomorrow morning, we will assess the current conditions and we will update this report by 6:00am.We are really looking forward to seeing you soon.
Updated
2026-07-24 at 16:01