This book is a celebration of mountain huts, showcasing the the sheer variety and sometimes quirky nature of these buildings that allow walkers, trekkers and climbers to access remote corners of the mountains. Packed with entertaining stories that bring the places and people to life, it contains descriptions of the author’s favourite huts in the Alps, along with suggestions for hut-to-hut tours of 3-13 days duration, including the Tour of Mont Blanc. It also traces the history of huts and how they have evolved from the most primitive of shelters to the often purpose-built, eco-friendly buildings of today. For the uninitiated, it unravels some of the mystery of huts and explains how to use them and what facilities to expect. Above all, it illustrates the way in which mountain huts can be truly sociable places, where like-minded people can spend a night or two in the most magical of locations and share a love of wild places.
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Contents
Introduction
1 Rooms with a view
Huts for all
Huts for trekkers
Huts for climbers
Huts for watching wildlife
Huts for walkers
2 Hut life
House rules
Sleeping and eating
The hut guardian
Paying for the privilege
Not huts – Berghotels and gîtes d’&##xe9;tape
3 Top ten huts
Cabane d’Arpitettaz
Refuge des Bans
Refuge de Bellachat
Rifugio Bolzano/Schlernhaus
Burg Hut
Cabane des Dix
Refuge Entre Deux Eaux
Grutten Hut
Rifugio Longoni
Totalp Hut
4 Hut to hut
Tour of the Vanoise
Rätikon Höhenweg
Tour of the Jungfrau Region
Stubai High Level Route
Tour of the Bernina
Tour of Mont Blanc
Tour of Val de Bagnes
Tour of the Oisans: GR54
Alta Via 2
Tour of the Wilder Kaiser
5 Hovels to hotels
Bivouacs, boulders and caves
Loathsome dens
The age of the mountain hut
The overcrowded Alps
Between the wars
The future has arrived
Alpine Clubs and their huts
6 Beyond the Alps – bothies, huts and lodges
Andes
Appalachians
Atlas Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Caucasus
Corsica
Himalaya
Picos de Europa
Pyrenees
Southern Alps
Tatras
Appendix A Useful contacts
Appendix B Directory of alpine huts
Appendix C Glossary for alpine trekkers
Appendix D Further reading
Index
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A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove 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 every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World's Best Job.
Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide 'Trekking in the Himalaya' and Cicerone's celebratory anniversary compilation 'Fifty Years of Adventure'.
A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures.
Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks.
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