Alpine club huts or simply
club huts (
Clubhütten) form the majority of the over 1,300
mountain huts in the
Alps and are maintained by branches, or
sections, of the various
Alpine clubs. Although the usual English translation of
Hütte is "hut", most of them are substantial buildings designed to accommodate and feed significant numbers of hikers and climbers and to withstand harsh high alpine conditions for decades.