Chochołowska Glade Hut

About

The Chochołowska Glade Hut is the largest hut by volume in the Polish Tatras and the main base for Dolina Chochołowska in the Western Tatras. It stands at 1,146 m, is open all year and has 121 beds in rooms of various sizes, a self-catering kitchen, a drying room and ski storage; boiling water is free around the clock. TOPR rescuers are on duty next door at times.

The first hut was built by the Warsaw Ski Club in 1930–1932 and burned by the Germans in January 1945. The present building dates from 1951–1953 and since 1958 has drawn power from a small hydro plant on Chochołowski Potok. A plaque by the entrance recalls Pope John Paul II's visit in 1983.

The green trail arrives from Siwa Polana and continues up to the ridge between Rakoń and Wołowiec; the yellow trail climbs Grześ and the red one Trzydniowiański Wierch. Mountain rescue: 985 or +48 601 100 300.

On the map

Coordinates: 49.23637, 19.78780 Copy

How to get there

from Siwa Polana on the green trail up Dolina Chochołowska, about 2 h 10 min.

Trails nearby

EasyOne-dayMarkedPolana Chochołowska GrześElevation profile1 144–1 653 m2.7 kmascent 509 m≈ 1.5 h walkingModerateOne-dayMarkedPolana Chochołowska RakońElevation profile1 126–1 879 m4.6 kmascent 753 m≈ 2.5 h walkingEasyOne-dayMarkedDolina Dudowa Polana ChochołowskaElevation profile1 013–1 126 m2.9 kmascent 113 m≈ 60 min walkingModerateOne-dayMarkedPolana Chochołowska Trzydniowiański WierchElevation profile1 105–1 765 m4.7 kmascent 660 m≈ 2.5 h walking