Hut Fund Donation

Make a donation to help upkeep the Alpenverein Huts!

Did you know the network of mountain huts in the Alps, providing food, shelter and overnight accommodation, often at high altitude, is an essential component of the Alpine infrastructure?

The ÖAV (Austrian Alpine Association) Mountain Huts belong to individual sections.

Despite many man-hours of work by volunteers and thousands of Euros from central ÖAV funds and Austrian federal and provincial government grants, the sections themselves must find large sums for hut maintenance and modernisation, and to meet health and safety and environmental requirements. The difficult access and high altitude of many of the huts adds to the cost of the work.

Based so far from the Alps, AAC(UK)/Alpenverein Britannia does not own any huts, nor does it have a ‘work area’ with responsibility for waymarking and path maintenance.

Instead, we have a Hut Fund, to which members have contributed generously over the years, and we hope you will continue the tradition. Most sections are fully committed to their huts but the financial burden of meeting modern standards in isolated spots at high altitude can be considerable, particularly for small sections with a few hundred members.