Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Group proposes new plan for backcountry huts

WHISTLESTOP: Teaming with railroad, Forest Service may be solution.

By MELISSA DeVAUGHN
mdevaughn@adn.com
Anchorage Daily News
Published: April 5th, 2008 11:14 PM


Last fall, the Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Huts Association felt battle weary.


For a decade, the nonprofit had worked to create a system of mountain huts hikers could use while exploring the backcountry. The group envisioned something based loosely on the hut-to-hut system in some European countries at which caretakers serve meals and offer hikers a place to sleep overnight.


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