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
Weather shelter · ChyvchynyWeather shelter (Verkhnyi Yalovets, 3)Not verifiedVerkhnyi YalovetsHut · GorganyHut (Zelena, 3)Not verifiedZelenaWeather shelter · Skole BeskidsWeather shelter (Myslivka)Not verifiedMyslivkaPicnic shelter · Skole BeskidsPicnic shelter (Tysovets)Not verifiedTysovetsHut · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansShepherds' hut (Snidavka)Not verifiedSnidavkaWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Stara Krasnoshora, 3)Not verifiedStara KrasnoshoraWeather shelter · BorzhavaWeather shelter (Ternavka)Not verifiedTernavkaMountain shelter · ChornohoraMountain shelter (Yablunytsia)Not verifiedYablunytsiaMountain shelter · ChornohoraMountain shelter (Yablunytsia, 2)Not verifiedYablunytsiaHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Sukhyi Potik)Not verifiedSukhyi PotikWeather shelter · GorganyWeather shelter below Mount DovhaNot verifiedPolianytsia (Bukovel)Weather shelter · Polonyna RivnaWeather shelter (Verkhnya Hrabivnytsia)Not verifiedVerkhnya HrabivnytsiaHut · Hryniavy MountainsHut (Ust-Putyla)Not verifiedUst-PutylaPicnic shelter · Hryniavy MountainsPicnic shelter (Samakova)Not verifiedSamakovaWeather shelter · GorganyWeather shelter below Mount Malyi Horhan (2)Not verifiedPolianytsia (Bukovel)Hut · GorganyHut (Synevyr)Not verifiedSynevyrPicnic shelter · Hryniavy MountainsPicnic shelter (Foshky)Not verifiedFoshkyPicnic shelter · Volcanic CarpathiansPicnic shelter (Syniak)Not verifiedSyniakHut · BorzhavaHut below Mount Vysokyi VerkhPoor conditionNyzhnia RozhankaPicnic shelter · Hryniavy MountainsPicnic shelter (Samakova, 2)Not verifiedSamakovaWeather shelter · ChyvchynyWeather shelter (Verkhnyi Yalovets)Not verifiedVerkhnyi YalovetsHut · Skole BeskidsHut (Kozova)Not verifiedKozovaWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Tovarnytsia, 2)Not verifiedTovarnytsiaWeather shelter · Pokuttia-Bukovina CarpathiansWeather shelter (Tovarnytsia)Not verifiedTovarnytsia
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.
