MT ASPIRING CHALET
With incredible views of Mt Aspiring the chalet offers private luxury accommodation and an incredible base for alpine adventures.
You can tailor your own Mt Aspiring Chalet experience. You can choose a relaxing trip enjoying the incredible mountain scenery from the balcony of the chalet, or an action packed adventure with alpine hiking or climbing a mountain.
To get to the Mt Aspiring Chalet we take a scenic helicopter flight from the Matukituki Valley located near the Mt Aspiring National Park in Wanaka. The chalet and it’s surrounding alpine setting can be enjoyed year round by friends, families and small groups. Over the summer season the chalet is a perfect base for alpine hiking, the area is covered by tussock grass, wild flowers, and small alpine lakes, and offers a variety of terrain and options from short walks through to longer more challenging adventures.
Over the winter season the area is covered in snow making for an incredible winter playground suitable for snow shoeing and ski touring or perhaps just enjoying being based in a remote snowy mountain location.
The private chalet has two double bedrooms and a spacious loft and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six guests, and a bunk room for two staff. The chalet is relaxed yet luxurious with power, a hot shower, gas heating, and large windows with incredible views of Mount Aspiring with its tumbling glaciers.
LOCATION
Mt Aspiring National Park.
MEETING POINT & TIME
Your guide will meet with you at 8.30am on the first day of the trip at your accomodation.
ITINERARY
Note that this itinerary is a sample only. Your final itinerary is subject to weather and other conditions. We can customise the trip for you to be leisurely or more challenging depending on your goals. The area offers everything from easy off track hiking through to challenging steep exposed alpine ridge walking sometimes requiring the use of a rope.
Day 1
We will pick you up from your accomodation at 8.30am. The trip starts with a 1 hour drive from Queenstown to the Matukituki Valley near the Mt Aspiring National Park. From here we will meet our helicopter and then fly into the Mt Aspiring Chalet. On the first day get familiar with the area with a hike to a spectacular snowmelt and rainfall fed alpine waterfall with crystal clear water. We have good views of the Albert Burn valley and the peaks of the Mt Aspiring area.
Day 2
After breakfast we will pack lunch and climb to the summit of Dragonfly Peak. This is a challenging off track adventure climbing a steep ridge directly above the Chalet. From higher on the ridge we will have great views of the peaks of Buchanan and Harris Mountains, the Matukituki Valley, and the Mt Aspiring National Park. It is also possible to see North to Mt Cook (New Zealand’s highest mountain) and south to Fiordland on a clear day.
Day 3
Today we will traverse Galactic Ridge. This ridge climbs north from the Mt Aspiring Chalet and offers incredible views of the glaciers of the Mt Aspiring National Park. There are spectacular and very exposed sections on the ridge making for great photographic opportunities. We can walk as far as we like along the ridge making it a short walk or a full day alpine traverse to the summit at the end of the ridge.
MT ASPIRING CHALET
INCLUSIONS
TRIP NOTES
Experience required
Clothing & equipment
Hiking & climbing in the New Zealand mountains requires that you have high quality equipment and clothing due to the extremes of weather we experience. Please ensure you look carefully at our equipment checklist. At the start of the trip your guide will go through your equipment and make sure that you have everything that you need for the trip. Please organise to have your extra equipment stored at your accomodation for the duration of the trip.
It is important that you keep as close as possible to the equipment checklist. The focus is on ensuring that you have the equipment you need, but also on keeping your pack as light as possible. If your guide is meeting you at your accomodation for the start of the trip it would be helpful if you have all your equipment and clothing organised and laid out in a logical fashion so they can check that everyone has the right equipment and clothing for the trip.
Hiking Season
Over the winter season the area is covered in snow making for an incredible winter playground suitable for snow shoeing and ski ski touring or perhaps just enjoying being based in a remote snowy mountain location.
Accomodation during the trip
With two double bedrooms and a spacious loft, the chalet provides comfortable accommodation for up to six guests, and a bunkroom for two staff. Relaxed yet luxurious, the Chalet has power, a hot shower and large windows framing astounding views of Mount Cook and Mount Aspiring with its tumbling glaciers.
Accomodation in Queenstown before or after the trip is not included in trip costs. To organise accomodation before and after the course we recommend www.booking.com here you will find a wide range of accomodation depending on your preferred style and budget.
Guide to participant ratios
Additional booking terms and conditions Mt Aspiring Chalet
If we cannot access the Mt Aspiring Chalet due to weather conditions preventing safe helicopter access, or the group leaves the Mt Aspiring Chalet earlier than scheduled due to mountain weather preventing safe helicopter access, trip participants will be refunded $230 per person per night. Accomodation in Queenstown or Wanaka will need to be organised by the participants and at the participants cost.
