No doubt she would get him/her there.. But do you know how hard it is to move a 2.5yr old that is frozen solid!?

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I hope nobody here does.[:0]

I seems by the huts mentioned you aren't only intrested in ones you can bring a 2.5 year old to. If so then my bad.

well I'd be sure to make a real trip of it and bag castle towers on the way [}]

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You are correct, i'm interested in all huts

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Couple years ago we went in via Helm Glacier, into Gentian pass and down to the lake. Offtrail and some bushwhacking. Mosquitoes were bad but the horsefiles were the worst [xx(]

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Mosquitoes and horseflies are dead after mid-September

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Elsay lake hut

Tenquille Lake emergency shelter

Taylor Pass emergency shelter

Cayoosh emergency shelter

Place Glacier glacialogy huts

White Alpine in McGillivray Pass is the only commercial hut I can think of in the SW BC range.

Didn't there use to be something in Ben Lomond?

I'll add some details later.

Spruce Lake cabin?

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Golden Ears emergency shelter, and I heard yesterday a hut is going up on Allouette mountain.

Dish! That sounds like an unusual hut destination, won't it just attract a party crowd the way the "emergency shelter" on Golden Ears does?

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Yes I think it is a bigger population and very well used old trails. More of a walking mentality than over here.
I did a unsupported trans alp mountain bike trip several years ago from Oberstdorf to Garda and that was my introduction to huts in Europe aside from being at Hornli hutte on the Matterhorn in 1981.
WE stayed at Heilbrubnner Hutte, , Freib hutte, Heidelberger hutte and Sesvanna hutte to name a few. All we had to carry were our silk sleeping bag liners. All the huttes provided down pillows and duvets. A "BAD "hutte had a cold shower and only a choice of 5 entres for dinner and only a choice of beer, red wine or white wine.
It was a fabulous experience and I hope to travel again soon using the huttes over there. I joined the German alpine club and got discounts as well as the rescue insurance. Really they are better than lots of "hotels/hostels" here.
I spent about $45 CDN a day for breakfast, dinner, lodging and drinks as I recall.

In the Rockies some of the huttes would be similar to the European experience.

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Well there are a ton of cabins in the southern Chilcotin Mountains. Where are we drawing geographic cutoff line for this excercise?

URL for himmelsback hut is: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/exp...d/singing.html

Keith's hut was built and is now operated by his family - especially his brother Scott Flavelle (I think)

Also, there is the Brandywine Snowmobile Hut, but it's not especially nice. It has 4x4 road access to the front door.

Isn't Himmelsbach spelled like this, not 'back?

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Yes, you are right. Mountain Grammer Police Strikes again.

I think the German word bach is the the same as joch, meaning the lowest point between to mountain.

Himmelsbach == Heavenspass

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