The Mountain Hut Book [Paperback]

Authored by Kev Reynolds, one of the world's greatest authorities on mountain and Alpine walking and trekking, this informative and entertaining book serves as your guide to the world of mountain huts  purpose-built refuges situated high in the mountains offering access to remote wilderness for mountaineers and trekkers alike. It will appeal both to those new to the experience of staying in huts as well as old hands.

• Explore the evolution of mountain huts, from primitive origins to modern eco-friendly marvels
• Gain insights into hut life, facilities, and modern-day etiquette, while celebrating the camaraderie of shared experience in a beautiful mountain setting
• Captivating stories about those who use the huts and those who run them
• Profiles of the author's top 10 huts in the Alps and Pyrenees, complete with approach routes and suggestions for ascents and excursions
• Ten unforgettable hut-to-hut walking tours in the Alps and Pyrenees are outlined and accompanied by maps, like the Tour of Mont Blanc, Tour of the Bernina, and Alta Via 2
• Directory of Alpine huts and glossary for Alpine trekkers

An introduction to mountain huts and refuges for walkers and trekkers. Informative and entertaining, this book explores the mountain hut experience, from how huts have developed to modern-day hut etiquette. With profiles of the author's top picks, and the best hut-to-hut routes in the Alps and Pyrenees.

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press appeared in 1978; he has since produced 27 titles for Cicerone, with others being researched. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.