Mount Hutt Station Road
Category 114 km
Distance
880 m
Elevation Gain
6.3%
Average Gradient
13%
Max Gradient
1005 m
Summit Elevation
Mount Hutt Station Road is the hardest climb in Canterbury and one of the most demanding Category 1 ascents on the South Island — a 14km high-country ski field approach that rises 880m from the Rakaia Gorge foothills to over 1,000m on the flanks of Mount Hutt (2,189m), combining the gradient demands...
Pro Tip
Mount Hutt Station Road is partly gravel above the station boundary — confirmed at approximately km 4 from Methven — and requires a minimum tyre width of 30mm for comfortable ascending and 35mm for th...