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Wilderness hut, the Glossary

A wilderness hut, bothy, backcountry hut, or backcountry shelter is a free, primitive mountain hut for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes.^[1]

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Abies balsamea

Abies balsamea or balsam fir is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern United States (Minnesota east to Maine, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia).

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Adirondack lean-to

An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers.

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Adirondack Mountains

The Adirondack Mountains are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome approximately wide and covering about.

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Alpine states

The Alpine states or Alpine countries are eight countries associated with the Alpine region, as defined by the Alpine Convention of 1991: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Backpacking (hiking)

Backpacking is the outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back while hiking for more than a day. Wilderness hut and Backpacking (hiking) are backpacking.

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Bicycle

A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

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Bivouac shelter

A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing.

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Blanket

A blanket is a swath of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through conduction.

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Bothy

A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge.

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Camp Hale

Camp Hale was a U.S. Army training facility in the western United States, constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th Mountain Division.

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Cave Creek disaster

The Cave Creek disaster occurred on 28 April 1995 when a scenic viewing platform in Paparoa National Park, New Zealand, collapsed, resulting in the deaths of 14 people.

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Cootapatamba Hut

Cootapatamba Hut is a survival shelter in the river valley south of Mount Kosciuszko, in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

The Department of Conservation (DOC; Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.

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Elbe Sandstone Mountains

The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands (Elbsandsteingebirge,; Děčinská vrchovina), are a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Finnish language

Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.

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Fire pit

A fire pit or a fire hole can vary from a pit dug in the ground to an elaborate gas burning structure of stone, brick, and metal.

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Fireplace

A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire.

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French Alps

The French Alps (Alpes françaises) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.

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Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee.

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Guide

A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations.

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Hailuoto

Hailuoto (Karlö) is a Finnish island in the northern Baltic Sea and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Hiking in New Zealand

Tramping, known elsewhere as backpacking, rambling, hill walking or bushwalking, is a popular activity in New Zealand.

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Indian Cave State Park

Indian Cave State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area covering nearly along the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Isle Royale National Park

Isle Royale National Park is an American national park consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in the state of Michigan.

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Karwendel

The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps.

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Kosciuszko National Park

The Kosciuszko National Park is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia.

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Lapland (Finland)

Lapland (Lappi; Lappi; Lappi; Lappland; Lapponia; Skolt Sami: Ла̄ппӣ мäддкåҍддь, Lappi mäddkå'dd) is the largest and northernmost region of Finland.

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Lean-to

A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall. Wilderness hut and lean-to are huts.

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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south.

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List of alpine clubs

The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club.

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List of plants known as cedar

Cedar is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus Cedrus.

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Lyngen (fjord)

,, or is a fjord in Troms county, Norway.

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Massif des Écrins

The mountains of the Massif des Écrins (Écrins Massif) form the core of Écrins National Park in Hautes-Alpes and Isère in the French Alps.

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Matterhorn

The italics (Cervino; Cervin; Mont(e) Cervin(u))There are several different Romansh dialects, each with its own slight variation on the name for the Matterhorn.

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Mattress

A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person.

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Metsähallitus

Metsähallitus (Forststyrelsen, Meahciráđđehus, "the (Finnish) Forest Administration") is a state-owned enterprise in Finland.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (BrE:; AmE:; Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco, both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus mountains, rising above sea level, located on the Franco-Italian border.

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Mount Kosciuszko

Mount Kosciuszko (Ngarigo: Kunama Namadgi) is mainland Australia's tallest mountain, at above sea level.

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Mountain biking

Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.

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Mountain hut

A mountain hut is a building located high in the mountains, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers.

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Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area

The Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area (Muotkatunturin erämaa-alue) is a wilderness reserve in the municipalities Inari and Utsjoki in Lapland, Finland, established in 1991.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand Great Walks

The New Zealand Great Walks are a set of popular tramping tracks developed and maintained by the Department of Conservation.

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Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.

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Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

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Saxon Switzerland National Park

Saxon Switzerland National Park (Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz), is a national park in the German Free State of Saxony, near the Saxon capital Dresden.

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Sámi peoples

The Sámi (also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

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Seaman's Hut

Seaman's Hut is an alpine hut and memorial located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.

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Snowy Mountains

The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range cordillera system.

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Solvay Hut

The Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac (German: Solvayhütte) is a mountain hut located on the north-eastern ridge (Hörnli Ridge) of the Matterhorn, near Zermatt in the canton of Valais.

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Southern Carpathians

The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; Carpații Meridionali; Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania.

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Spade

A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel.

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Spruce

A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth.

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Swiss Alpine Club

The Swiss Alpine Club (Schweizer Alpen-Club, Club Alpin Suisse, Club Alpino Svizzero, Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland.

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Te Uru Rākau

Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is the agency within the Ministry for Primary Industries that is responsible for the New Zealand forestry sector.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Thuringian dialect

Thuringian is an East Central German dialect group spoken in much of the modern German Free State of Thuringia north of the Rennsteig ridge, southwestern Saxony-Anhalt and adjacent territories of Hesse and Bavaria.

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Tyrol

Tyrol (historically the Tyrole; Tirol; Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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Upstate New York

Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York.

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Urho Kekkonen National Park

Urho Kekkonen National Park (Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto, Urho Kekkonen álbmotmeahcci) is a national park in Lapland, Finland, situated in area of municipalities of Savukoski, Sodankylä and Inari.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Villar-d'Arêne

Villar-d'Arêne (Vilars d'Arena) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, between Grenoble and Briançon.

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Wassertalkogel

The Wassertalkogel is a mountain in the Geigenkamm group of the Ötztal Alps.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zermatt

Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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10th Mountain Division

The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is an elite light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_hut

Also known as Autiotupa, Backcountry hut, Tenth Mountain Huts.

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