Located amid some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the chain of mountain huts strung right across the Alps makes an exciting and worthwhile destination. The huts provide a focus for all the walks in this guide - whether you choose to stay overnight or simply for lunch on the terrace. The huts come in all shapes and sizes, from simple unmanned bivouac shelters to bustling mountain inns with hot showers and restaurant service. The guide covers France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia, and contains 100 routes to suit alpine walkers of all abilities. It also provides background information on walking in the Alps and staying in mountain huts and offers suggestions for some hut-to-hut tours.

Table of Contents

FRANCE; The French Alps; 1: Refuge de Valmasque (Maritime Alps); 2: Refuge des Merveilles (Maritime Alps); 3: Refuge de Nice (Maritime Alps); 4: Refuge de Cougourde (Maritime Alps); 5: Refuge de Gialorgues (Maritime Alps); 6: Refuge du Balif Viso (Dauphine Alps - Queyras Region); 7: Refuge des Bans (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 8: Refuge du Pre de Chaumette (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 9: Refuge de Vallonpierre (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 10: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 11: Refuge du Carrelet (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 12: Refuge du Chatelleret (Dauphine Alps - Massif des ecrins); 13: Refuge de l'Orgere (Graian Alps - Vanoise National Park); 14: Refuge de l'Arpont (Graian Alps - Vanoise National Park); 15: Refuge d'Entre Deux Eaux (Graian Alps - Vanoise National Park); 16: Refuge de la Leisse (Graian Alps - Vanoise National Park); 17: Refuge du Col de la Vanoise (Graian Alps - Vanoise National Park); 18: Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme (Mont Blanc Range); 19: Refuge de Bellachat (Mont Blanc Range); 20: Refuge du Col de Balme (Mont Blanc Range); SWITZERLAND; The Swiss Alps; 21: Cabane du Mont-Fort (Pennine Alps); 22: Cabane de Chanrion (Pennine Alps); 23: Cabane des Dix (Pennine Alps); 24: Cabane des Aiguilles-Rouges (Pennine Alps); 25: Cabane de Moiry (Pennine Alps); 26: Cabane du Petit Mountet (Pennine Alps); 27: Tosch Hut (Pennine Alps); 28: Monte Rosa Hut (Pennine Alps); 29: Hurnli Hut (Pennine Alps); 30: Schunbiel Hut (Pennine Alps); 31: Mischabel Hut (Pennine Alps); 32: Britannia Hut (Pennine Alps); 33: Gelten Hut (Bernese Alps); 34: Wildhorn Hut (Bernese Alps); 35: Frunden Hut (Bernese Alps); 36: Blumlisalp Hut (Bernese Alps); 37: Balmhorn Hut (Bernese Alps); 38: Lutschenpass Hut (Bernese Alps); 39: Rottal Hut (Bernese Alps); 40: Schmadri Hut (Bernese Alps); 41: Weber Hut (Bernese Alps); 42: Lauteraar Hut (Bernese Alps); 43: Damma Hut (Central Swiss Alps); 44: Chelenalp Hut (Central Swiss Alps); 45: Tresch Hut (Central Swiss Alps); 46: Windgollen Hut (Central Swiss Alps); 47: Capanna Basodino (Lepontine Alps); 48: Capanna Cristallina (Lepontine Alps); 49: Capanna Leit (Lepontine Alps); 50: Capanna Cadagno (Lepontine Alps); 51: Capanna Bovarina (Lepontine Alps); 52: Chamanna Tuoi (Silvretta Alps); 53: Blockhaus Cluozza (Bernina Alps - Swiss National Park); 54: Coaz Hut (Bernina Alps); 55: Boval Hut (Bernina Alps); 56: Albigna Hut (Bregaglia Alps); 57: Sasc-Furo Hut (Bregaglia Alps); 58: Sciora Hut (Bregaglia Alps); ITALY; The Italian Alps; 59: Rifugio Benevolo (Gran Paradiso); 60: Rifugio F. Chabod (Gran Paradiso); 61: Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele (Gran Paradiso); 62: Rifugio Vittorio Sella (Gran Paradiso); 63: Rifugio Elisabetta (Mont Blanc Range); 64: Rifugio Bonatti (Mont Blanc Range); 65: Rifugio Luigi Brasca (Bregaglia Alps); 66: Rifugio A. Omio (Bregaglia Alps); 67: Rifugio C. Ponti (Bregaglia Alps); 68: Rifugio Longoni (Bernina Alps); 69: Rifugio Larcher (Ortler Alps); 70: Rifugio Mandrone (Adamello Group); 71: Rifugio Tuckett (Brenta Dolomites); 72: Rifugio Brentei (Brenta Dolomites); 73: Rifugio Puez (Dolomites - Puez-Odle Group); 74: Rifugio Vicenza (Dolomites - Sassolungo Group); 75: Rifugio Viel del Pan (Dolomites - Marmolada Group); 76: Rifugio Pian di Cengia (Sexten Dolomites); 77: Rifugio Locatelli (Sexten Dolomites); 78: Rifugio Vandelli (Dolomites - Sorapiss Group); AUSTRIA; The Austrian Alps; 79: Saarbrucker Hut (Silvretta Alps); 80: Wiesbadner Hut (Silvretta Alps); 81: Toschach Haus (utztal Alps); 82: Braunschweiger Hut (utztal Alps); 83: Innsbrucker Hut (Stubai Alps); 84: Bremer Hut (Stubai Alps); 85: Franz Senn Hut (Stubai Alps); 86: Starkenburger Hut (Stubai Alps); 87: Berliner Hut (Zillertal Alps); 88: Plauener Hut (Zillertal Alps); 89: Grutten Hut (Kaisergebirge); 90: Brechhornhaus (Kitzbuheler Alps); 91: Bochumer Hut (Kitzbuheler Alps); 92: Schunleiten Hut (Kitzbuheler Alps); 93: Burgl Hut (Kitzbuheler Alps); 94: Statzerhaus (Salzburger Schiefer Alps); 95: Salzburger Hut (Glockner Group); 96: Kals-Matreier-Turlhaus (Granatspitz Group); 97: Nassfeldhaus (Carnic Alps); 98: Julius-Seitner Hut (Turnitzer Alps); SLOVENIA; The Julian Alps; 99: Triglav Lakes Hut (Julian Alps); 100: Bogatinom Hut (Julian Alps)

Author Biography

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drives Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months each year among various high mountain regions researching guidebooks, makes him The Man with the World's Best Job; a title he aims to keep by remaining active for another 100 years at least. Kev has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone since the 1970s, producing walking and trekking guides to the Pyrenees, Alps and Himalaya, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds and he has several more books in the pipeline. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, he also writes and illustrates brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lives with his wife in a small cottage among what he calls 'the Kentish Alps' with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travels throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he writes about through a series of lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk