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 · BorzhavaHut below Mount HrabStandingOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Bunks or plank bedsPotik · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut Ruiny pid h. ShchivnykRuinedBurkut · Near trailsHut · SvydovetsHut on Polonyna VorozheskaStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 7Chorna Tysa · Near trailsHut · BorzhavaHut Dolyna richky BorzhavaStandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsPotik · Near trailsMountain shelter · GorganyMountain shelter below Mount Yaiko IlemskeRuined2017Myslivka · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut at Velyke PryhodyshcheStandingHas a stoveBunks or plank bedsVyzhnii Bereziv · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut below Mount Mika-MareStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 10LuhyHut · ChornohoraShepherds' hut on Polonyna ShumnieskaStandingHas a stoveSleeps up to 6DrahobratHut · BorzhavaShepherds' hut below Mount RabachynStandingNo stoveSleeps up to 4RoztokaHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut on Polonyna KurykivStanding2023Has a stoveBunks or plank bedsBahnaCabin · Skole BeskidsLoggers' house (Lybokhora)RuinedHas a stoveLybokhoraHut · GorganyHut on Matahiv ridgeNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Kuzmynets · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna LabieskaRuinedVorokhta · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Mount ShchivnykNot verifiedBurkut · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut below Mount RotyloPoor conditionVolova · Near trailsMountain shelter · ChornohoraMountain shelter on Mount VykhidNot verifiedPaid overnight stayLuhy · Near trailsWeather shelter · GorganyWeather shelter on Polonyna TomnatykRuinedPolianytsia (Bukovel) · Near trailsHut · GorganyShepherds' hut on Polonyna ShchivkaNot verifiedYaremche · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut at Lehioniv passRuinedBystrytsia · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna Vesnarka (3)Not verifiedKryvopillia · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut on Polonyna MunchelykNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Volova · Near trailsHut · GorganyHut at Velyki RogodzyRuinedBystrytsia · Near trailsHut · MarmarosyHut on Polonyna StrungyStandingSleeps up to 15Kruhlyi · Near trailsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut on Polonyna HordishyrkaNot verifiedPrivate, ask permissionPaid overnight stayVolova · Near trails
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.
