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 · Skole BeskidsMountain shelter (Hrebeniv)Not verifiedSometimes lockedHrebenivHut · Volcanic CarpathiansHut (Antalovtsi, 2)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionAntalovtsiWeather shelter · BorzhavaWeather shelter (Hankovytsia)Not verifiedHankovytsiaWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Ispas, 5)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionIspasWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Ispas, 4)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionIspasWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Ispas, 6)Not verifiedPrivate, ask permissionIspasWeather shelterWeather shelter (Neresnytsia, 2)Not verifiedSleeps up to 2NeresnytsiaPicnic shelter · Polonyna RivnaPicnic shelter (Chornoholova)Not verifiedOpen fire inside (smoke hut)ChornoholovaHut · MarmarosyHut (Luhy, 4)Not verifiedLuhyWeather shelter · Polonyna KrasnaWeather shelter below Mount ManchulNot verifiedVilshanyMountain shelter · SvydovetsMountain shelter below Mount Blyznytsia (2)Not verifiedTrostyanetsMountain shelter · SvydovetsMountain shelter below Mount BlyznytsiaNot verifiedTrostyanetsWeather shelter · ChornohoraWeather shelter below Mount DzembroniaNot verifiedDzembroniaWeather shelter · Hryniavy MountainsWeather shelter (Poliakivske)Not verifiedPoliakivskeHut · ChyvchynyHut (Vypchyna)Not verifiedVypchynaHut · Polonyna KrasnaHut (Komsomolsk, 2)Not verifiedKomsomolskCabin · SvydovetsCabin below Mount PidpulaNot verifiedLopukhivHut · SvydovetsHut (Krasna)Not verifiedKrasnaHut · SvydovetsHut (Krasna, 2)Not verifiedKrasnaHut · SvydovetsHut (Kobyletska Poliana)Not verifiedKobyletska PolianaHut · Polonyna KrasnaHut (Ust-Chorna)Not verifiedUst-ChornaPicnic shelter · Hryniavy MountainsPicnic shelter (Foshky, 2)Not verifiedFoshkyWeather shelter · GorganyWeather shelter below Mount Horhan-IlemskyiNot verifiedMyslivkaHut · GorganyHut below Mount Khrebet i hora ChortkaNot verifiedBukove
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.
