Huckleberry Hut

Huckleberry Hut is a small Kootenay Mountaineering Club backcountry log cabin, built as the Huckleberry Cabin and later restored by the Alpine Club of Canada in 1963, with further restoration work done in 1985 and 1986. It’s set at around 1600 meters in the valley below Midday and Cabin Peaks, and sleeps four in two narrow bunks (no foam mattresses). On site you’ll find a wood stove, outhouse, a fold-down table, and basic cooking utensils (pots, pans, cups, bowls, plates, cutlery, etc.). There’s also a two-burner Coleman propane cook stove and a Coleman propane lantern; you need to bring your own 1 lb propane bottles for the stove and lantern, and water can sometimes be found at the creek just a few minutes up the trail from the hut.

Use is by reservation (reservation required). Public hut rate is $25 per person, per night, with a maximum of 3 nights at a time. Summer and winter access is via Porto Rico Road: in summer you can drive up 3 km and park there, then hike the lower fork for another 3 km to a junction leading to the cabin via a remaining 2 km walk (1–2 hours hiking time). In winter, ski up Porto Rico Road from the highway, take the same junction, and allow 3–6 hours.

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