Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers
2023 Independent Publisher Book Award GOLD in Travel Guidebooks
  • Overview of sixteen complete systems (three or more huts) with all you need to know to plan a trip—from terrain to costs and other logistics
  • At-a-glance tables for quick comparison of hut systems
  • Full-color photos and detailed maps
Hut to Hut USA celebrates the opportunities for hut-tohut hiking, mountain biking, and skiing or snowshoeing at sixteen hut systems across the United States—from the Appalachian Mountain Club’s hiking huts in the White Mountains, to the San Juan Huts that allow mountain bikers to pedal from Telluride or Durango to Moab, to the Rendezvous Huts for Nordic skiers in Washington’s Methow Valley.

For the featured systems, the book describes modes of travel, amenities, quality of experience, terrain, required skill level, the route itself, wayfinding tips, and booking and cost details, with photographs and maps. Suggested day-by-day itineraries with mileages, elevation gain and loss, and hut GPS coordinates help adventurers craft their trip. Demas and Bradley also offer a general history of hut systems around the world and examine how they have developed in the US over the past century. This comprehensive, practical guidebook is the first to cover all of the US hut systems, meeting growing interest in hut-tohut travel.
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Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers
2023 Independent Publisher Book Award GOLD in Travel Guidebooks
  • Overview of sixteen complete systems (three or more huts) with all you need to know to plan a trip—from terrain to costs and other logistics
  • At-a-glance tables for quick comparison of hut systems
  • Full-color photos and detailed maps
Hut to Hut USA celebrates the opportunities for hut-tohut hiking, mountain biking, and skiing or snowshoeing at sixteen hut systems across the United States—from the Appalachian Mountain Club’s hiking huts in the White Mountains, to the San Juan Huts that allow mountain bikers to pedal from Telluride or Durango to Moab, to the Rendezvous Huts for Nordic skiers in Washington’s Methow Valley.

For the featured systems, the book describes modes of travel, amenities, quality of experience, terrain, required skill level, the route itself, wayfinding tips, and booking and cost details, with photographs and maps. Suggested day-by-day itineraries with mileages, elevation gain and loss, and hut GPS coordinates help adventurers craft their trip. Demas and Bradley also offer a general history of hut systems around the world and examine how they have developed in the US over the past century. This comprehensive, practical guidebook is the first to cover all of the US hut systems, meeting growing interest in hut-tohut travel.
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Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers

Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers

by Laurel Bradley
Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers

Hut to Hut USA: The Complete Guide for Hikers, Bikers, and Skiers

by Laurel Bradley

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Overview

2023 Independent Publisher Book Award GOLD in Travel Guidebooks
  • Overview of sixteen complete systems (three or more huts) with all you need to know to plan a trip—from terrain to costs and other logistics
  • At-a-glance tables for quick comparison of hut systems
  • Full-color photos and detailed maps
Hut to Hut USA celebrates the opportunities for hut-tohut hiking, mountain biking, and skiing or snowshoeing at sixteen hut systems across the United States—from the Appalachian Mountain Club’s hiking huts in the White Mountains, to the San Juan Huts that allow mountain bikers to pedal from Telluride or Durango to Moab, to the Rendezvous Huts for Nordic skiers in Washington’s Methow Valley.

For the featured systems, the book describes modes of travel, amenities, quality of experience, terrain, required skill level, the route itself, wayfinding tips, and booking and cost details, with photographs and maps. Suggested day-by-day itineraries with mileages, elevation gain and loss, and hut GPS coordinates help adventurers craft their trip. Demas and Bradley also offer a general history of hut systems around the world and examine how they have developed in the US over the past century. This comprehensive, practical guidebook is the first to cover all of the US hut systems, meeting growing interest in hut-tohut travel.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781680512694
Publisher: Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date: 11/01/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 114 MB
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About the Author

Laurel Bradley, a lifelong hiker and outdoor enthusiast, has trekked hut-to-hut worldwide. She trained as an art historian and served as a curator and museum director for several decades.

Table of Contents

US Hut Systems 8

An Invitation to Dream 11

Introduction: Hats for the Body and Soul 13

Part I Hut Culture

The Origins of Huts 21

Hut Systems around the World 27

Hut Systems in the US 41

Part II Planning a Hut-to-Hut Adventure

Typical Hut Experiences 75

How to Use This Guide 81

Part III Featured Hut Systems

Featured Huts at a Glance 102

Northeast

Maine Huts and Trails, Maine 105

Appalachian Mountain Club Huts, New Hampshire 120

Adirondack Hamlets to Huts, New York 140

Midwest

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan 155

Boundary Country Trekking, Minnesota 168

Colorado

Never Summer Nordic 175

Tenth Mountain Division Hut System 183

Southwest Nordic Center 200

San Juan Huts 210

West and Alaska

American Prairie Reserve, Montana 229

Sun Valley Mountain Huts, Idaho 239

Rendezvous Huts, Washington 249

Mount Tahoma Trails, Washington 259

Three Sisters Backcountry, Oregon 270

Yosemite High Sierra Camps, California 279

Resurrection Pass Trail, Alaska 294

Bonus Hut Opportunities 307

Sam's Hut Dream 321

Acknowledgments 325

Resources 327

Index 330

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