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Switzerland’s modern mountain huts

Slumming it with woolen blankets, rustic furniture and a pit toilet are mostly a thing of the past in the Swiss Alpine Club’s mountain huts. Today, beds with duvets, extended menu choices and showers are all part of climbing in the Alps.

Without these upgrades or new buildings, it would be difficult to keep on attracting guests and ensuring the huts remain economically viable.

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