Here it is, the list of more than 200 huts, lodges and yurts throughout North America. Got an addition? E-mail tyler[at]backcountrymagazine.com. Happy traveling!
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Alaska
Mountaineering Club of Alaska (7) | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | mtnclubak.org/index/cfm
Ultima Thule Lodge | Guided/Catered | plane | P | 1,300 | ultimathulelodge.com
Alberta
Bow Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,710 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Glacier Circle Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 5,900 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Peter and Catherine Whyte (Peyto) Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,100 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
R.J. Ritchie (Balfour) Hut |Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,100 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Sapphire Col Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,500 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Scott Duncan Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,100 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Sydney Vallance (Fryatt) Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,495 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Wates-Gibson Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,235 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
British Columbia
Alpine Club of Canada – A.O. Wheeler Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,100 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Asulkan Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,890 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Bill Putnam (Fairy Meadows) Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | heli | O | 6,700 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Elizabeth Parker Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,700 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Elk Lakes Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 5,709 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Kokanee Glacier Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | heli | P | 4,000 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Alpine Club of Canada – Stanley Mitchell Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,800 | alpineclubofcanada.ca
Amiskwi Lodge | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,000 | amiskwi.com
Assiniboine Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | P | 7,200 | assiniboinelodge.com
Assiniboine Lodge – Naiset Huts (5) | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 7,200 | assiniboinelodge.com
Battle Abbey | Self-Guided/Catered and Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,200 | battleabbey.ca
Blanket Glacier Chalet | Self-Guided and Guided/Self-Catered | heli | O | 5,800 | blanketglacierchalet.com
Boulder Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,500 | boulderhutadventures.com
Burnie Glacier Chalet | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 3,300 | bearmountaineering.ca
Campbell Icefield Chalet | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | B | 6,950 | skigolden.com
Dezaiko Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 5,000 | dezaiko.com
Golden Alpine Holidays – Meadow Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 7,200 | goldenalpineholidays.com
Golden Alpine Holidays – Sentry Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 7,000 | goldenalpineholidays.com
Golden Alpine Holidays – Sunrise Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 7,000 | goldenalpineholidays.com
Golden Alpine Holidays – Vista Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 7,050 | goldenalpineholidays.com
Headwaters Outfitting – Dave Henry Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,000 | davehenry.com
Headwaters Outfitting – Swift Creek Cabins | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,300 | davehenry.com
Ice Creek Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,150 | icecreeklodge.com
Icefall Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | P | 6,300 | icefall.ca
Icefall Lodge – Lyell Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,400 | icefall.ca
Icefall Lodge – Mons Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,700 | icefall.ca
Journeyman Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered | multi | P | 4,500 | callaghancountry.com
Lake O’Hara Lodge | Guided/Catered | multi | P | 6,700 | lakeohara.com
Mistaya Lodge | Guided/Catered | heli | P | 6,700 | mistayalodge.com
Monashee Chalet | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,000 | monasheepowder.com
Mt. Carlyle Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | B | 7,200 | skihikebc.com
Powder Creek Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,100 | powdercreeklodge.com
Purcell Mountain Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,200 | purcellmountainlodge.com
Selkirk Lodge | Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,260 | selkirklodge.ca
Selkirk Mountain Experience – Durrand Glacier Chalet | Guided/Catered | heli | P | 6,306 | selkirkexperience.com
Selkirk Mountain Experience – Empire Lake Chalet | Guided/Catered | ski | P | N/A | selkirkexperience.com
Selkirk Mountain Experience – Mt. Moloch Chalet | Guided/Catered | ski | P | 7,235 | selkirkexperience.com
Sol Mountain Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 6,300 | solmountain.com
Sorcerer Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | O | 6,750 | sorcererlodge.com
Talus Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,600 | taluslodge.com
Valhalla Mountain Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | B | 6,900 | valhallamountainlodge.com
Valkyr Adventures – Hilda Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 6,299 | valkyradventures.com
Valkyr Adventures – Valkyr Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | heli | P | 7,250 | valkyradventures.com
Wells Gray Adventures – Discovery Cabin | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,400 | skihike.com
Wells Gray Adventures – Fight Meadow Chalet | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,300 | skihike.com
Wells Gray Adventures – Trophy Mountain Chalet | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 7,000 | skihike.com
Whitecap Alpine – McGillivray Pass Lodge | Guided/Catered | heli | P | 6,200 | whitecapalpine.ca
Ymir Lodge | Guided/Catered | ski | P | 6,200 | backcountryskilodge.com
California
Sierra Club Lodges (12) | sierraclub.org/outings/lodges
Eldorado State Forest Cabins (4) | fs.fed.us/activity/eldorado
Rock Creek Lodge (10) | rockcreeklodge.com
Lost Trail Lodge | Self-Guided/Self-Cateres | ski | P | N/A | losttraillodge.com
Pear Lake Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | P | 9,200 | sequoiahistory.org/pearklake
Ostrander Ski Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,500 | ostranderhut.com
Colorado
10th Mountain (27) | huts.org
Colorado Mountain Club – Brainard Lake Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,405 | cmcboulder.org
Colorado Mountain Club – Arestua Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,000 | cmcboulder.org
Hidden Treasure Yurts | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,200 | backcountry-colorado-yurt.com
High Lonesome Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | P | 9,200 | lonesome-hut.com
Broome Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | P | 11,350 | grandhuts.org
Hinsdale Haute Route – Colorado Trail Friends Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,800 | hinsdalehauteroute.org
Hinsdale Haute Route – Fawn Lakes Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 12,080 | hinsdalehauteroute.org
Hinsdale Haute Route – Jon Wilson Memorial Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,480 | hinsdalehauteroute.org
Hinsdale Haute Route – Rambouillet Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,640 | hinsdalehauteroute.org
Never Summer Nordic – James Peak Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,600 | jamespeakyurt.com
Never Summer Nordic – Clark Peak Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered| ski | O | 9,600 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Ruby Jewel Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,600 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Grass Creek Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,000 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – North Fork Canadian Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,000 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Montgomery Pass Yurts | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,600 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Nokhu Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,000 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Agness Creek Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,000 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Dancing Moose | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,000 | neversummernordic.com
Never Summer Nordic – Medicine Bow Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,000 | neversummernordic.com
OPUS Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,675 | opushut.com
Addie S Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | car | B | 11,000 | skihuts.com
Mountain Belle | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | P | 11,500 | skihuts.com
San Juan Hut System – Blue Lakes Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,380 | sanjuanhuts.com
San Juan Hut System – Ridgway Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,200 | sanjuanhuts.com
San Juan Hut System – North Pole Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,960 | sanjuanhuts.com
San Juan Hut System – Last Dollar Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,960 | sanjuanhuts.com
San Juan Hut System – Burn Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,940 | sanjuanhuts.com
Southwest Nordic – Flat Mountain Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 11,100 | southwestnordiccenter.com
Southwest Nordic – Grouse Creek Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,200 | southwestnordiccenter.com
Southwest Nordic – Neff Mountain Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,400 | southwestnordiccenter.com
Southwest Nordic – Trujillo Meadows Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,020 | southwestnordiccenter.com
Idaho
Idaho State Parks Yurts (4) | parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/activities/yurts
Idaho Nat’l FS Cabins (20) | fs.fed.us/r1/recreation_r1/cabin_dir.shtml
Portneuf Range Yurts (4) | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,800 | isu.edu/outdoor/yurtinfo.html
Williams Peak Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,900 | sawtoothguides.com
Bench Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,400 | svtrek.com
Boulder Yurts | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,120 | svtrek.com
Coyote Yurts | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,700 | svtrek.com
Fishhook Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,800 | svtrek.com
Tornak Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,400 | svtrek.com
Pioneer Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 8,700 | svtrek.com
Lick Creek Summit Yurts | Guided or Self-Guided/ Catered or Self-Catered | sled | O | 6,930 | payettepowderguides.com
Maine
Chimney Pond bunkhouse | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | N/A | baxterstateparkauthority.com
Roaring Brook bunkhouse | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | N/A | baxterstateparkauthority.com
Montana
Montana Nat’l FS Cabins (86) | fs.fed.us/r1/recreation_r1/cabin_dir.shtml
Yurtski | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,800 | yurtski.com
Nemesis Mountain Hut | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 7,698 | skihellroaring.com
Cross Country Skier’s Yurt Camp | Guided/Catered | cat | O | 8,000 | yellowstoneexpeditions.com
Bell Lake Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,500 | belllakeyurt.com
Mt. Zimmer Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 9,500 | beartoothpowder.com
Woody Creek Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,799 | beartoothpowder.com
Downing Mountain Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | P | 5,500 | downingmountainlodge.com
Newfoundland
Bakers Brook Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | P | 300 | pc.gc.ca
Southwest Gulch Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | P | 1,275 | pc.gc.ca
New Hampshire
Crag Camp | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,247 | randolphmountaineeringclub.org
Gray Knob | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,370 | randolphmountaineeringclub.org
Harvard Mountaineering Club Cabin | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 3,520 | harvardmountaineering.org
Hermit Lake Shelters (8) | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 3,900 | outdoors.org
New York
Grace Camp | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | N/A | adk.org
Camp Peggy O’Brien | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | N/A | adk.org
New Mexico
Southwest Nordic – Bull of the Woods Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 10,800 | southwestnordiccenter.com
Oregon
Recreation Rentals of the Pacific Northwest (34) | fs.fed.us/r6/recreation/rentals/index.shtml
Raven and Owl Yurts | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 6,800 | threesistersbackcountry.com
Wallowa Alpine Huts – Big Sheep | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,400 | wallowahuts.com
Wallowa Alpine Huts – Camp Norway | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,000 | wallowahuts.com
Wallowa Alpine Huts – Camp McCully | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,500 | wallowahuts.com
Wallowa Alpine Huts – Schneider Cabin | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,200 | wallowahuts.com
Qúebec
Chic-Chocs Mountain Lodge | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered | cat | P | 2,018 | sepaq.com
Parks Qúebec (9) | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | N/A | sepaq.com
Vermont
On the Loose Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | car | O | 1,600 | maplewindfarm.com
Stone Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | lift | P | 3,700 | vtstateparks.com/htm/stonehut.cfm
Utah
Bear River Outdoors – Bear Claw Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,700 | brorayurts.org
Bear River Outdoors – Big Water Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,650 | slco.org
Bear River Outdoors – Boundary Creek Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,550 | brorayurts.org
Bear River Outdoors – East Fork Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,500 | brorayurts.org
Bear River Outdoors – Lily Lake Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 8,900 | brorayurts.org
Bear River Outdoors – Ridge Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 9,350 | brorayurts.org
Bloomington Canyon Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 7,645 | weber.edu/outdoor/bloomington_canyon_yurt.html
Castle Peak Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Self-Catered | multi | O | 9,600 | whitepinetouring.com
Powder Ridge Ski Touring – Bunchgrass Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,414 | sites.google.com/site/powderridgeskitouring/
Powder Ridge Ski Touring – Green Canyon Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 6,138 | sites.google.com/site/powderridgeskitouring/
Powder Ridge Ski Touring – Steam Mill Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,100 | sites.google.com/site/powderridgeskitouring/
TUNA Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | B | 8,600 | utahnordic.com/yurt
Tushar Mountain Tours – Puffer Lake Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 9,850 | skitushar.com
Tushar Mountain Tours – Snorkeling Elk Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | multi | O | 10,400 | skitushar.com
Blind Hollow Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,200 | usu.edu/osc/yurt
Washington
Copper Creek Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,200 | skimtta.com
High Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,760 | skimtta.com
Snow Bowl Hut | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,250 | skimtta.com
The Yurt | Self-Guided/Self-Catered | ski | O | 4,100 | skimtta.com
North Cascades Heli Yurt | Guided/Catered | heli | O | 6,200 | heli-ski.com
Wyoming
Baldy Knoll Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,800 | tetonbackcountryguides.com
Commissary Ridge Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,000 | tetonbackcountryguides.com
Plummer Canyon Yurt | Guided or Self-Guided/Catered or Self-Catered | ski | O | 8,400 | tetonbackcountryguides.com
Glacier Circle and sapphire Col are in the rogers pass area of Glacier national park in BC (Older than the US Glacier park), not in Alberta.
and they are fabulous locations!
Also check out Highsierrasnowcat and Yurt. Highsierrasnowcat.com .Thanks
Cascade Powder Guides in Washington. Windy Ridge Yurt. Guided/catered. Cat. O. 4600′. http://www.cascadepowderguides.com/