Accommodation
Accommodation
Hut Resources
This page is dedicated to helping you plan your upcoming hut trip. Whether it’s your first time visiting an ACC hut or you’re a seasoned hut user, here are some resources to help you pack and a refresher on how to use our huts. Please note the packing lists below are to get you started. Not everything on these lists will be necessary depending on which hut you’re visiting or the time of year you are planning your trip. Likewise, additional items that are not on these lists may be necessary for your trip. Please consult the Hut Guide below for detailed information on each hut. Happy trip planning!
The Hut Experience & Hut Guidelines
Staying in an ACC backcountry hut offers a shared, rustic mountain experience with communal sleeping, kitchen, and living areas. Our huts come equipped with all essential amenities, including cookware, propane stoves (at most huts), tableware, cooking utensils, and coffee-making equipment like French presses. For comfort, you’ll find sleeping mats, either a woodstove with provided firewood or a propane heater, and a drying rack for wet gear. While these essentials are provided, guests should bring their own sleeping bags, food, and personal items.
Being user-maintained facilities, guests share the responsibility of keeping the hut clean and functional. You’ll find all necessary cleaning supplies including dish soap, sponges, washing bins, and general cleaning tools such as brooms and mops. With no transition days between bookings, guests are expected to sanitize before and after use. Additional supplies include yellow buckets for collecting drinking water and lighting (either propane lanterns or LED with spare mantles). The ACC ensures the long-term care of these facilities through major annual service and renovations.
ACC Hut How-To Series
Hut How-to Series
Hut Rules
Our huts are self-maintained and shared between users, meaning we rely on guests to keep huts clean and organized during their stay to ensure an enjoyable experience for every guest. The following is a set of rules that we expect every guest to follow while staying at our huts.
Check-in time is 1:00pm.
Check-out time is 11:00am.
NO camping or tents are permitted outside the hut.
Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 7:00am.
NO pets are permitted at the huts.
NO candles or open flames in the hut.
NO outdoor fires.
NO smoking in or around the hut.
Packing Essentials
Below is a list of essential items to bring with you on your hut trip. For more detailed packing lists, including recommended clothing and gear lists, see the documents below.
Hut Access & Maintenance
- ACC Invoice with lock combination
- Toilet paper
- Garbage bags (to pack out all garbage)
Additional Hut Items
- Headlamp
- Waterbottle
- Hut booties or slippers
- Lighter
- Food
- Coffee/Tea
- First Aid Kit
Sleeping Items
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Earplugs
- Eye mask
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