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
Hut · ChyvchynyHut (Hramotne)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionHramotne · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut below Mount Velyka KozmeskaNot verifiedHas a stoveVoronenko · Near trailsCabin · GorganyCabin on Polonyna ShuvarenkaNot verifiedHas a stoveZelena · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut (Bystrytsia, 4)Not verifiedSometimes lockedBystrytsia · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Watershed RidgePicnic shelter (Stuzhytsia, 2)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Stuzhytsia · Near trailsHut · Volcanic CarpathiansHut (Vovchyi, 2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionVovchyi · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Polonyna RivnaPicnic shelter (Kostrynska Roztoka, 2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionKostrynska Roztoka · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Polonyna RivnaPicnic shelter (Kostrynska Roztoka, 3)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionKostrynska Roztoka · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut (Khutir Burkut)Not verifiedSometimes lockedKhutir Burkut · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut below Mount SyniakNot verifiedPrivate, ask permissionPolianytsia (Bukovel) · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut (Kruhlyi)RuinedKruhlyi · Near trailsWeather shelter · BorzhavaWeather shelter (Podobovets)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Podobovets · Near trailsMountain shelter · BorzhavaMountain shelter (Titkivtsi)Not verifiedSleeps up to 6Titkivtsi · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut (Vorokhta)Not verifiedSometimes lockedVorokhta · Near trailsWeather shelter · ChornohoraWeather shelter (Vorokhta, 5)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Vorokhta · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Skole BeskidsPicnic shelter (Rykiv, 4)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Rykiv · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Skole BeskidsPicnic shelter (Rykiv, 3)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Rykiv · Near trailsHut · Polonyna RivnaHut below Mount Ostra Hora (2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionPerekhresnyi · Near trailsHut · Polonyna RivnaHut below Mount Ostra HoraNot verifiedPrivate, ask permissionPerekhresnyi · Near trailsHut · Volcanic CarpathiansHut (Vovchyi)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionVovchyi · Near trailsHut · Volcanic CarpathiansHut (Stroine)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionStroine · Near trailsHut · Volcanic CarpathiansHut (Perechyn)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionPerechyn · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut below Mount SheshulNot verifiedDrahobratHut · GorganyHut (Stara Huta, 3)Not verifiedHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsStara Huta
Staying 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.
