A climbing hut provides accommodation for climbers and mountaineers, close to a climbing area.

In the Alps the Alpine huts are placed near the start of glacier approaches, enabling an early start (an 'Alpine start'} to be made safely on glaciated terrain. The huts are usually purpose-built, wardened during the summer season, and provide meals and refreshments to walkers. An Alpine hut is a building located in the mountains intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers and climbers. ...

In the UK the tradition is of huts providing fairly rudimentary accommodation (but superior to that of a bothy) close to a climbing ground; the huts are usually conversions (eg of former quarrymen's cottages, or of disused mine buildings), are unwardened, and are not open to passers-by except in emergency. In the United Kingdom a bothy is a simple shelter, left unlocked and available for anyone to use without charge. ...

Many climbing clubs in the UK have such huts in Snowdonia or in the Lake District. In additions, the 'senior clubs' often have acquired huts away from these areas. Well-known examples are:- The 'Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut' (the 'CIC Hut') under the northern crags of Ben Nevis - this was a purpose-built hut, high up the mountain, probably nearest in character to the Alpine huts. The Whillans memorial hut near the Roaches in Staffordshire. The 'Count House' near Bosigran in Cornwall. Map sources for Ben Nevis at grid reference NN166713 Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. ... Don Whillans (May 1933-1985) was a English rock-climber and mountaineer. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches in Staffordshire. ... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Englands Great Toe Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Administrative county Traditional county Duchy of Cornwall Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ...