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
Cabin · GorganyForester's hut by the Maniavky riverStandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsBukove · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHunters' lodge below Mount ChyvchynStanding2018Has a stoveSleeps up to 20Khutir BurkutHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna NieneskaStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 4LuhyHut · Polonyna KrasnaHut below Mount Bushtul (2)Ruined2020Has a stoveSleeps up to 10OsmolodaMountain shelter · GorganyMountain shelter YasnovetsStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 8Water nearbyNehrovetsHut · ChyvchynyHut Zlyttia strumkiv vel. i mal. VesnarkaRuinedHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsSarataHut · Skole BeskidsHunters' lodge below Mount SekulStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 6Water nearbyKorostivHut · ChornohoraHut Ekolohichnyi punkt U pidnizhzhi HoverlyStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 5Luhy · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyBorder guards' hut below Mount MezhypotokyStandingHas a stoveBreboia · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna PlistseStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 20Osmoloda · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna HolovcheskaStanding2010Has a stoveDrahobrat · Near trailsMountain shelter · GorganyMountain shelter on Polonyna BlazhnivNot verifiedHas a stovePolianytsia (Bukovel) · Near trailsMountain shelter · SvydovetsPerelisokStandingSleeps up to 50Paid overnight stayBilyn · Near trails
Hut · GorganyHunters' lodge at Okole passStanding1 192 mSometimes lockedChorna Tysa · Near trailsWeather shelter · Polonyna RivnaShelter YavirnykNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Private, ask permissionRuskyi Mochar · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna KosharkyNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Private, ask permissionStara Huta · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut Ruiny pid h. M.TomnatykRuinedSarata · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut below Mount M.TemnatykStanding2015Sarata · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna HychaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 12Synevyr · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut RafailovetsStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 5Bystrytsia · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna DovhaStanding2014Open fire inside (smoke hut)Breboia · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut below Mount MlakovataRuinedNyzhnyi Yalovets · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut (Kruhlyi)Ruined2019Kruhlyi · Near trailsHut · BorzhavaHut on Polonyna TemnatykRuinedWater nearbyVolovets · Near trails
Hut · GorganyHunters' lodge at Okole passStanding1 192 mSometimes lockedChorna Tysa · Near trailsWeather shelter · Polonyna RivnaShelter YavirnykNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Private, ask permissionRuskyi Mochar · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna KosharkyNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Private, ask permissionStara Huta · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut Ruiny pid h. M.TomnatykRuinedSarata · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut below Mount M.TemnatykStanding2015Sarata · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut on Polonyna HychaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 12Synevyr · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut RafailovetsStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 5Bystrytsia · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna DovhaStanding2014Open fire inside (smoke hut)Breboia · Near trailsHut · ChyvchynyHut below Mount MlakovataRuinedNyzhnyi Yalovets · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut (Kruhlyi)Ruined2019Kruhlyi · Near trailsHut · BorzhavaHut on Polonyna TemnatykRuinedWater nearbyVolovets · 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.
