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 · MarmarosyHut (Luh)Not verifiedLuh · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Vovchyi)Not verifiedVovchyi · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Vorochovo)Not verifiedVorochovo · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Polonyna RivnaPicnic shelter (Sil)Not verifiedSil · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Vorochovo, 2)Not verifiedVorochovo · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Vorochovo, 3)Not verifiedVorochovo · Near trailsPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Kamianytsia, 3)Not verifiedKamianytsia · Near trailsHut · ChornohoraHut (Luhy, 3)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)LuhyHut · GorganyHut below Mount ParenkyStanding2024Sleeps up to 6OsmolodaHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut below Mount HrehitNot verifiedPrivate, ask permissionShepitPicnic shelter · Hryniavy MountainsPicnic shelter (Dolishnii Shepit)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)Dolishnii ShepitHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna BorsuchynaNot verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)VorokhtaHut · ChornohoraHut on Polonyna Borsuchyna (2)Not verifiedSleeps up to 20Paid overnight stayVorokhta
Cabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia, 3)Not verified1 048 mHas a stoveBystrytsiaCabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia)Not verifiedHas a stoveBystrytsiaHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut (Mykulychyn, 8)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)MykulychynCabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia, 2)Not verifiedHas a stoveBystrytsiaHut · GorganyHut (Zelena, 2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionZelenaHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Kozova, 2)RuinedKozovaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Yablunytsia, 6)Not verifiedYablunytsiaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Yablunytsia, 5)Not verifiedYablunytsiaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Vorokhta, 3)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)VorokhtaPicnic shelter · Polonyna KrasnaPicnic shelter (Pryslip, 2)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)PryslipHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Hrebeniv)Not verifiedSometimes lockedHrebeniv
Cabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia, 3)Not verified1 048 mHas a stoveBystrytsiaCabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia)Not verifiedHas a stoveBystrytsiaHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansHut (Mykulychyn, 8)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)MykulychynCabin · GorganyCabin (Bystrytsia, 2)Not verifiedHas a stoveBystrytsiaHut · GorganyHut (Zelena, 2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionZelenaHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Kozova, 2)RuinedKozovaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Yablunytsia, 6)Not verifiedYablunytsiaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Yablunytsia, 5)Not verifiedYablunytsiaPicnic shelter · ChornohoraPicnic shelter (Vorokhta, 3)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)VorokhtaPicnic shelter · Polonyna KrasnaPicnic shelter (Pryslip, 2)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)PryslipHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Hrebeniv)Not verifiedSometimes lockedHrebenivStaying 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.
