Just saw this - apparently it's in the Dolomites and was built during WW1 at a height of around 2700m. Some proper HaB potential there

Would make the traditional midnight wee slightly more fraught with danger than usual......

Looks like a good line to drop into that on the right
Calling Alpinum!

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:02 pm Just saw this - apparently it's in the Dolomites and was built during WW1 at a height of around 2700m. Some proper HaB potential there

the chairs on the deck , and I can see the roofers made their usual empty promised to fix it by last Monday.

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:35 pm Looks like a good line to drop into that on the right
Calling Alpinum!

Sorry, I can't join. Shitting my pants just looking at it.

I turned the photo through 90 degrees - looks far more appealing then...

Always fascinated by dwellings built into cliffs, there are some amazing examples around the world.
With that one it's difficult to get a perspective on how wide the 'verandah' is and if there is a narrow pathway along the rock strata or even if it is at the opening of a cave with other means of access.

I volunteer at, and occasionally camp in, sandstone outcrop Rockhouses. There is a sheer drop (of about 5m ) one side, kinda puts me to shame

Err. No thanks.

Well done fi ding another picture. Where is that? Also, is it a remnant of fortifications during WWI alpine fighting in the Dolomites?

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/20 ... tallo.html

Google Lens search on Stus photo threw up a few more

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:21 am https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/20 ... tallo.html

Google Lens search on Stus photo threw up a few more

Monte Cristallo, Auronzo di Cadore

https://earthlymission.com/alpine-shelt ... a-ferrata/
https://www.summitpost.org/the-world-wa ... 015/937585
Apparently the fitting was very brutal, like WWI trench warfare, trying to under mine each other position and blow them up. blowing off mountain peaks to cause avalanches.
aswell as extreme temperations and starvation. Acces by Via Ferrata, 'literally all terrain road' sobering.

Nope. Getting slightly queezy even looking at the pics.

Not the place if you sleep walk...

Imagine getting there, and finding that it's full...

"I'll just pitch my tent outside, then..."

Mangersta bothy (aka Eagle's Nest), Isle of Lewis
https://lindanorgrovefoundation.org/mangersta-bothy/

mikejd wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:39 pm Mangersta bothy (aka Eagle's Nest), Isle of Lewis
https://lindanorgrovefoundation.org/mangersta-bothy/

Is it really a bothy though if you have to book it in advance?

Mangersta is on my bucket list, possibly the next time we are in Lewis to see the in-laws. Wouldn't count as a BAM of course since there's a fee

woodsmith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:49 pm
Is it really a bothy though if you have to book it in advance?

Yeah, "bothy" being used to describe a type of structure rather than "open bothy" which is what we usually mean.

It's free to visit during the day (assuming it's not in use).

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:52 pm Mangersta is on my bucket list, possibly the next time we are in Lewis to see the in-laws. Wouldn't count as a BAM of course since there's a fee

There's no fee but they do suggest giving a donation.

Yeah. Rule #1 applies.

I believe Jeff stayed there a while ago.

Wow. Bunker research..

In stumbling around in the Ecrins days I always wanted to spend some time here -



Refuge Aigle. Never did stop at that one though. (note the rope for access)

There's some stunning mountain huts in the Alps. One on the side of Mont Blanc in particular, forget the name. Almost just a tin can perched on a rock face.

More Italian construction from a different age. The guy doing the talk bikepacked a lot of the area so should be allowed


https://youtu.be/Sjg_ZjWV1h8

James, you probably mean the refuge Gôuter.

There are many mountain hotels* perched in stunning places in the Alps.
Unfortunately.

Then some really weird bivy boxes on huge ridgelines.

Shame we humans need to make places accessible by building protective walls when we go there to experience the raw and the beauty of mountains.

Bothies are quite a bit different.

*meaning the CAI, CAF and SAC huts and their hotel flair and heli support and full beds filled with folks too lazy to carry a tent, food and sleeping bag.