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Mount Hutt Station Road

Category 1

14 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...

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