Carpool to Mt. Hutt

Date Leaving
Monday, August 28
Date Returning
Monday, August 28
Spaces Free
2
Name
Brian Williams
Driven here before
yes
E-mail
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Telephone
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City you are leaving from
Christchurch
Notes

Meet/Leave: 7:15am Northwood or 7:30am Yaldhurst Road (Russley Road intersection).
New AWD with ski/board racks; chains.
If weather or snow conditions are debatable I will contact you in morning after reports are released to get a consensus to go or not.
Returning at closing; or earlier when everyone ready.
$25 per person.
Full details with booking.

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Mt Hutt Snow Report

Status

Closed

Road

Chains or 4WD

Snow

82cm — 162cm

Road info

Our carparks are at capacity. We are now operating on a one down one up system. Chains are required on 2WD vehicles from Chain Bay 1 (Info Booth) where self-fit chain hire is available. Drivers of vehicles who breach our chain call and invariably require assistance from our road patrol team will be charged a $800 fee. If you see a line of traffic forming behind you, please pull to the side to allow faster vehicles past. Speed limit on the access road is 40km/h – maintain 2-way access at all time.

Weather Comment

Fine. Southwesterlies dying out.

Information

It’s 4pm and Mt Hutt is now closed for the day. We've received 20cm of fresh snow in the last 48 hours.Tomorrow’s weather forecast according to MetService.com is: Fine with not much wind.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

2026-07-26 at 16:02