Summit Huts Membership
Summit Huts Association relies heavily upon memberships and donations to maintain and operate our hut system. Contributions enable us to keep hut user fees down and ensure that hut trips remain an affordable experience for everyone. Each membership is active for one year from the date it is received.
As a member of Summit Huts, you will receive a newsletter published twice a year, e-mail updates, a membership card good for discounts on "Club Days" at outdoor retailers, and the opportunity to reserve Summit and 10th Mountain Division Huts three months before the general public for the winter season through participation in the Hut Lottery. Most of all, you will be supporting a great organization and your support is greatly appreciated.
Individual $25/year
Pre-book up to 3 trips per year
Family $35 / year
Pre-book up to 3 trips per year
Hut Nut $50 / year
Pre-book unlimited trips per year
Hut Tripper $100/year
Pre-book unlimited trips per year
Life Hut Tripper $1000 (one time membership fee)
Pre-book unlimited trips per year
RESERVATIONS LOTTERY INFORMATION
Dates reservations open for the huts:
- Summer, 10th Mountain system: October 1st
- Winter Lottery for members, 10th Mountain system: March 1st
- Winter Call-In for members, 10th Mountain system: April 1st
- Winter for non-members, 10th Mountain system: June 1st
- Braun and Friends huts, May 1st
- If the 1st is on a weekend, reservations will open on the first business day of the month
Winter reservations for huts in the 10th Mountain system begin in the spring each year, through a lottery followed by a call-in booking period. 10th Mountain and Summit Huts Association members are welcome to participate in this early booking system. This process is an attempt to fairly allocate the limited winter hut space available in the huts each year. Membership dues go to support Summit Huts education programs, as well as supplying and maintaining the huts.
How does the lottery work? In late-December or early-January each year, 10th Mountain mails lottery entry forms to all members. Members complete these forms by listing an unlimited number of options for trips that they would be interested in taking during the next winter. Every member is welcome to submit one lottery entry to receive up to one itinerary (this can be for a multiple night trip, to more than one hut, and/or for multiple people). Forms are completed and returned to 10th Mountain by a fixed deadline in mid-February.
Starting on March 1st, 10th Mountain begins drawing entry forms. We draw each and every form (this takes weeks!) and read through each member's choices, working in order of their preference to try and book a trip. If one of the member's choices is available, we book that trip, charge their credit card for the trip cost, and mail out confirmation materials the next day. Each year we receive more than 1,000 entries and about 87% of entrants receive a trip.
After the lottery, members have the option to book more trips during an early call-in booking period during the months of April and May. Individual and Family members can reserve up to two additional trips by calling on or after the first business day of April (or three, if they did not receive a trip in the lottery). Members at the $50 o $1000 levels can reserve an unlimited number of additional trips. Non-members can begin reserving trips on the first business day of June.
