Hut2Hut

Loading huts from OpenStreetMap…

Credits

Huts, trails and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: © Thunderforest. Country outlines: Natural Earth via mledoze/countries (ODbL). Built with Leaflet. Search: Nominatim. Height profile: Open-Meteo (Copernicus terrain model). Other map layers credit their source when selected.

Huts by country

Show unnamed shelters (not counted)

Alpine hut Unstaffed hut

Photo Steven Murphy

Hut-to-hut hiking in the mountains. Plan a multi-day trek between huts, or look around the map first.

Trail grades (SAC hiking scale)

"Hardest trail" is the toughest grade you're happy to walk. A trek then avoids anything harder.

Grade

Path and ground

You need

T1Hiking

Wide, marked, well-secured paths on easy ground.

Trainers are fine. You can get by without a map.

T2Mountain hiking

Marked, continuous route. Steep in places, and a fall is possible.

Sure footing, trekking shoes and basic navigation.

T3Challenging mountain hiking

Usually a path. Exposed bits are often secured with chains or ropes. Some scree and pathless slopes.

Good boots and footing, some alpine experience, average navigation.

T4Alpine walking

The path may be missing and you sometimes use your hands. Mostly exposed, with rocky slopes and simple snow or glacier crossings.

Comfortable with exposure, stable boots, good navigation and terrain judgement.

T5Challenging alpine walking

Often pathless, with simple climbing, steep rock and snow or glacier where you can slip.

Mountaineering boots, very good navigation, solid alpine experience, basic ice axe and rope skills.

T6Difficult alpine walking

Mostly pathless and unmarked, very exposed, with climbing up to grade II.

Excellent navigation, proven alpine experience and mountaineering equipment skills.

Summary of the SAC hiking scale. Read more (opens a new tab).

About Hut2Hut

Making the mountains easier for everyone to get into.

The mountains belong to everyone, and a night in a mountain hut is one of the best ways to experience them. But getting there isn't simple. Huts are spread across hundreds of valleys, trails range from gentle paths to exposed scrambles, and putting together a multi-day route usually means hours with maps, guidebooks and spreadsheets.

Hut2Hut does that part for you. Paint the area you'd like to explore, say how many days you have and how hard you want it to be, and it suggests routes from hut to hut, with distances, climbs and walking times. Whether it's your first overnight in the Alps or your fiftieth, the idea is the same: less time planning, more time out there.

It's also meant to show you what's out there. The photos on the front page are real pictures of real people out on real trails, and we want to build a community around getting into the mountains and sharing what's to be found there.

A free, independent project, built by a community of friends, showcasing their love of the mountains, and making what they found out there available to you.

Get in touch

Found a mistake, have a trek to share, or want to help? Write to [email protected].

Where the data comes from

Huts, trails and places come from OpenStreetMap, which volunteers keep up to date. If a hut is wrong or missing, you can fix it there and it will show up here in time. Full map credits are under Credits in the side panel.

Before you go

Routes here are suggestions, not guarantees. Always check the weather, trail conditions, opening dates and bookings with the huts before you set out, and carry a proper map.

Plan a trek

How would you like to start?

Where would you like to hike?