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The ever-increasing number of skiers turning to ski touring skiing uphill to find quiet, off-piste runs down is driving a renewed interest in overnight stays at these refuges.
Photograph by Austria Tourist Board
The Alpine mountain hut system was established in the late 1800s to offer like-minded folk ‘refuge’ while walking, climbing, mountaineering and skiing. Each country has its own Alpine Club (including the UK’s British Mountaineering Council), whose members enjoy preferential prices and booking choices in huts dotted across Europe’s peaks, though there are now huts and mountain accommodation far beyond both the original system and European countries. These days, mountain hut accommodation comes in all shapes and sizes from a simple, unmanned hut without running water where you let yourself in, make a fire and take your own food, to huts cared for by a ‘guardian’, who can provide food and hot showers.