Guides
The questions a table cannot answer on its own: when the season is, how to get a bed, what a night costs, what a winter room is, and what to carry. Counts come from our shelter table, prices from the sources each guide names, and advice is marked as advice.
When is the trekking season in the Alps? Month by month
When the Alpine trekking season is: how many huts are staffed each month across 397 shelters that publish a warden season, when the passes hold snow, and when it is busiest and quietest.
How to check hut availability in the Alps
How to check Alpine hut availability: the clubs' shared booking system, 158 shelters with a direct booking link, 1,537 with a phone number, and when to book.
What does a night in an Alpine hut cost? 2026 prices by country
What a night in an Alpine hut costs in 2026: bed, half board and member discount in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Slovenia and on the GR20, from the clubs' tariffs with sources.
Alpine Club membership: is it worth it, and which club? A guide for Israelis
Whether to join an Alpine Club for a hut trek, and how to join from Israel: the member discount in huts, the reciprocity agreement, and 2026 fees of the Austrian, German, Swiss and Italian clubs.
What to pack for an Alpine hut trek: what the hut gives you and what you carry
What Alpine huts provide and what to bring: what our table knows about 2,929 shelters, and what you are expected to carry.
Winter rooms in Alpine huts: what they are, how to get in and what you pay
What a winter room (Winterraum) in an Alpine hut is, what is in it, how to get in, what it costs and what to bring: the rules in German, Austrian, French and Italian huts, and 116 shelters in our table.
Flights from Tel Aviv for an Alpine trek: which airport for which route
Which airport to fly to from Tel Aviv for each Alpine trek: Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Venice, Milan, Verona, Ljubljana and Corsica, which airlines flew in summer 2026, and what changed after the war.