Where to shelter in the mountains
Mountain huts and shelters of the Carpathians
Huts (kolyby), mountain shelters, foresters’ cabins and weather shelters in the Ukrainian Carpathians: where to spend the night or wait out the rain, whether there is a stove and bunks, how many people fit and whether it is open. Updated from hikers’ reports.
1 197 huts and shelters · 741 of them near the site’s trails
Springs of the CarpathiansFilters
Found: 1 197
Mountain shelter · GorganyMountain shelter (Zelena)Standing2019Has a stoveSleeps up to 8Water nearbyZelena · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut Uhorski skeliLockedHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Sometimes lockedZelene · Near trailsHut · Watershed RidgeHut (Bilasovytsia)StandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsWater nearbyBilasovytsia · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyShepherds' hut on Polonyna StarostaiaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 7Burkut · Near trailsHut · Hryniavy MountainsHut on Polonyna HermanivkaStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 6Water 20 m awayVolova · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraMaricheykaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 12Yavirnyk (Shybene) · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna NegrovaStandingOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Sleeps up to 9Osmoloda · Near trails
Hut · ChornohoraShepherds' hut on Polonyna OzirnaStanding20191 355 mHas a stoveSleeps up to 7Voronenko · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna SeredniaStandingNo stoveVoronenko · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna ZasovyStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 4Trostyanets · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna ShysaStanding2018No stoveWater nearbyYasinya · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna BraivkaPoor conditionHas a stoveSleeps up to 3Sometimes lockedTrostyanets · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut below Mount LisnivStanding2018Has a stoveTatariv · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna ShchevoraStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 6Water 120 m awayKruhlyi · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna PloskaStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 6Bystrytsia · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna StaikyNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Water nearbyYaremche · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut Strimkyi HrunStandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsPrivate, ask permissionSenkivske · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna Turkulska (2)StandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Luhy · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut ApshynetsRuinedHas a stoveChorna Tysa · Near trailsHut · GorganyShepherds' hut on Polonyna LevkovetsStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 4Chorna Tysa · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna TatulStanding2023Has a stoveSleeps up to 4Chorna Tysa · Near trailsCabin · GorganyForester's hut by the Mshana po dorozi do oz. Rosokhan riverStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 10Kuzmynets · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna LukvytsiaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 15Khutir Burkut · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna KlyfaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Luhy · Near trails
Hut · ChornohoraShepherds' hut on Polonyna OzirnaStanding20191 355 mHas a stoveSleeps up to 7Voronenko · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna SeredniaStandingNo stoveVoronenko · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna ZasovyStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 4Trostyanets · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna ShysaStanding2018No stoveWater nearbyYasinya · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna BraivkaPoor conditionHas a stoveSleeps up to 3Sometimes lockedTrostyanets · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut below Mount LisnivStanding2018Has a stoveTatariv · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna ShchevoraStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 6Water 120 m awayKruhlyi · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna PloskaStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 6Bystrytsia · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna StaikyNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Water nearbyYaremche · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut Strimkyi HrunStandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsPrivate, ask permissionSenkivske · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna Turkulska (2)StandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Luhy · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut ApshynetsRuinedHas a stoveChorna Tysa · Near trailsHut · GorganyShepherds' hut on Polonyna LevkovetsStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 4Chorna Tysa · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna TatulStanding2023Has a stoveSleeps up to 4Chorna Tysa · Near trailsCabin · GorganyForester's hut by the Mshana po dorozi do oz. Rosokhan riverStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 10Kuzmynets · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna LukvytsiaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 15Khutir Burkut · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna KlyfaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Luhy · Near trailsStaying in a hut
- A hut is not a hotel: its condition changes every year, so carry a tent and sleeping bag even if you plan to sleep under a roof.
- In summer shepherds live on the meadows — ask for permission instead of taking over their home.
- Use the stove carefully, never leave fire unattended and check that the chimney draws.
- Leave firewood, a clean floor and a closed door — the way you would like to find it.
Data sources
Map and part of the data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL licence. Hut details were collected by the hiking community; we retell them in our own words and keep them current from your reports. Photos from Wikimedia Commons; authors and licences are given under each photo.
