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Our Mission

To include Alaska's back country in a worldwide tradition of places in which hikers and skiers can travel hut-to-hut.
To provide warm comfortable huts in inspiring settings that foster camaraderie and promote wilderness education and stewardship.

In The News

News from the Annual Meeting:
Grandview Whistle Stop Relocated

The US Forest Service said at Alaska Huts’ April 15 annual meeting that a second backcountry Whistle Stop platform will be built this summer at Grandview, but the location has changed. Instead of a platform and a short interpretive loop on state land, the platform will be moved more than a mile north...
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Patituccis Sell Out the Bear Tooth

Dan and Janine Patitucci’s brilliant photos from the mountaintops and glaciers of the Alps showed some of the best of Europe to a sold-out crowd at Bear Tooth Theatrepub March 18. The photos and stories captured some striking differences in outdoor activity and culture when compared to the U.S. — hugely popular ski rando/ski mountaineering race events, mountain running tours, and of course, the huts themselves and the level of mountain access they provide. Alaska Huts thanks the local crowd that attended, the show’s many national and local sponsors, and the Patituccis. Find out more about local hut plans (at a more modest level) at the April 15 Alaska Huts annual meeting.
Alaska Huts Buys Alaska Yurts
The Alaska Huts Association is pleased to report the purchase of two yurts from Nomad Shelters in Homer. Learn more...
Alaska Huts Plans to Re-Open Manitoba Cabin
Seward and Anchorage Nordic ski clubs are supportive. Read about the recent building inspection in our latest newsletter .

Huts Concept Focuses on Backcountry Whistlestop Area -- see recent newsletters, the proposal and the maps.
Senator calls for places to stay at the Whistlestop grand opening.

Spencer Glacier Panorama
Stormy Creek Pass picture
This is the view southward from a location near the proposed Spencer Bench cabin site. The railroad is visible toward the righthand edge of the photo above Spencer Lake.

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