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Let us introduce you to the captivating world of Slovenia’s mountain huts, where every hiker can find a cozy corner or a challenging ascent. Whether you’re a seasoned mountaineer or a casual nature lover, this guide aims to enrich your journey through the Slovenian Alps.
1. Why Choose a Mountain Hut?: These huts offer a unique blend of tradition and comfort, making them an integral part of the Slovenian hiking experience. From authentic local dishes to warm hospitality, each hut has its own charm that could even influence your choice of trails.
2. What to Expect: While these huts may be nestled in remote locations, they offer a level of simple coziness and warmth that makes the trek worthwhile.
3. Planning Your Adventure: Given the popularity of these huts, especially during peak seasons, it’s a good idea to plan ahead. Our guide serves as your roadmap to these alpine retreats, helping you make informed decisions for an unforgettable experience.
Feel free to explore our curated list of Slovenia mountain huts below and start plotting your next adventure through Slovenia’s stunning landscapes.
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About Slovenia Mountain Huts
In the small country of Slovenia, where hiking is one of the most popular pastimes, mountain huts are all over the country. To locals, they are a great source of national pride. To hikers, they are a popular hiking destination or a well-needed resting point on the way to surrounding peaks.
The first hut under the Slovenian Mountain Association was built in 1893. Nowadays, they manage 161 lodges that provide food and shelter to more than 1,5 million yearly visitors to our mountains. With the Julian Alps being the most popular hiking area in the country, 43 lodges are located there, along with 10 bivouacs.
Because lots of lodges are not reachable by car, the comfort they can provide is relatively basic, but the service is cosy and authentic. The accommodation they offer is mostly in dormitories and usually a few private rooms. The karst landscape that surrounds them consist of soluble rock that prevents the formation of surface bodies of water, so most high-altitude ones don’t have drinking water and showers. The huts that are not reachable by car have to get all the supplies by helicopter transport.
Despite these limitations, the huts all offer a menu of traditional Slovene dishes like different stews, Carniola sausage and tasty “štruklji”. Meals are not meant only for replenishing your energy – The food is so delicious that some choose a hiking destination solely based on the culinary delicacies they offer.
These days, huts are used mostly as resting places for easier ascents to high peaks or as stopping points on hut to hut hiking tours. In the past, because of poor traffic connections, mountaineers couldn’t go on one-day tours and had to wait out the weather because of the non-existent forecasts. Mountain lodges were an essential shelter for them to wait for the right day to ascend the peaks.
Most mountain lodges inaccessible by vehicles are open only during the summer season. The time they open their doors is usually when most of the snow around them melts. Somewhere from May to June, depending on the altitude of the hut. The same goes for the end of the season, as the high mountain huts close sooner. Outside the season, mountaineers can find shelter in bivouacs or the so-called winter rooms – unlocked rooms separate from the hut, usually similar to bivouacs.
Mountain huts in Slovenia are very popular, so we advise you to book your stay several weekends in advance.
slansky
Verified Customer
I had an absolutely wonderful experience with Hut to Hut Hiking. They were exceedingly responsive, patiently answering my many emails' worth of questions about itineraries, schedules, logistics, and the like as I planned a self-guided trip. They helped to create an absolutely perfect trek despite the limited time I had and they provided helpful information for me to organize travel to and from the start and end points.
Hut to Hut's communication is professional and the itinerary and GPS tracking information they sent me once I paid/booked was flawless. The trails were easy to follow, Ride with GPS worked perfectly (I was already familiar with the app), and I was so grateful to have relied on a company to facilitate my route in a country where I was unfamiliar. I'm used to planning my own routes, but Hut to Hut Hiking's expertise and insight made the entire experience infinitely more pleasant.
I would highly recommend using Hut to Hut for your multi-day hiking needs in Slovenia. It's worth it!
Andrew Luff
Verified Customer
A fantastic 3 day self guided Hut to Hut hike around Triglav National Park in Slovenia. We experienced a full range of weather which made it an unforgettable trip. The organisation and back up support with GPS maps etc was excellent. Hut staff were friendly and very happy to give advice and suggestions on the routes and directions. Would recommend.
emily vollmar
Verified Customer
My friends and I did a 3 day hut-to-hut hike in Triglav National Park this summer and loved it! Our guide, Bine, was very knowledgeable and provided necessary equipment and fun facts through the hike. We really enjoyed the via ferrata experience and we were happy to have someone guide us through the more technical aspects. The overnights in the huts were a blast with our guide and the other girls on our tour as well. Great way to see Triglav National park and meet new people! I cannot recommend Triglav tours enough!!
pam r
Verified Customer
Exceptional “Panorama 3 day Hike to Pokjuka Plateau” October 6-8. Stayed first night at Hotel Jelka (which I highly recommend) because Blejska hut was fully booked. The hotel is a nice option as it has been fully renovated and is close to the hut but offers hot showers and a private room! Second night was at Uskovnica hut which could use updating but offers lots of outdoor patio space, hot & cold running water and indoor flush toilets, much appreciated. It is accessible to day hikers so busy mid afternoon on a sunny Sunday! My guide Klemen, was incredibly knowledgeable, attentive, helpful and kind! Every detail of our route was carefully planned to make the experience perfect for me. Assistance was generously offered and accepted through rough scree coming down from the shoulder. Pace and snack breaks were set to meet my needs exactly and Klemen is a super friendly person. I was alerted about dangerous karst crevices and places where there were steep steps and tricky spots to navigate. All of which made my experience stress-free and fun, as well as extremely safe.
I can’t find enough words to express how much I recommend Triglav Tours and particularly my guide Klemen Gerbec.
Triglav National Park is spectacular- don’t miss it!
Michael White
Verified Customer
I arranged a six-day/five-night trip with Hut to Hut Slovenia. It's the first time I've gone with a tour organizer and I can say it went really well. In the past I've arranged huts myself and it is a huge hassle figuring out how to make the bookings, if the bookings actually exist, and what good/viable routes might be. Having this all sort was, at least to me, totally worth it.
The routing is via Ride with GPS, which was great. I'd recommend bringing 1:25,000 scale paper maps as a backup, just in case.
The huts themselves differ wildly. Some are really rustic with, ahem, interesting toilet facilities. One was accessible by road and thus had showers, a long menu, and even espresso. All will have some sort of food, but you might only have two options for dinner (one with meat, one vegetarian). The cuisine in the Slovenian huts leans strongly to stews and goulashes with minimal fresh vegetables and/or fruit. Certainly good and hearty but pretty much everyone I talked to said the food was better in the Italian and Austrian huts. Some huts are cash only, some take cards (but the card reader might be down). A 1.5 litre bottle of water is about 6 euro, so if you have a beer with dinner and also buy lunch you need to carry about 25-30 euro per day in cash (assuming you have a booking that includes breakfast).
Of the six days of hiking, four were ridiculously spectacular, with the highlight being sunrise from Mt Stol. Getting up to the high mountains, though, can be crazy steep, with switchbacks only sparsely used. Descents are similarly tough, and you have to watch every step. For the first time ever I used trekking poles and my knees thank me. Two days were a bit of a slog, but this is probably unavoidable getting up to or down from the high terrain.
Would I do something like this again? Yes, absolutely! But next time it will probably be the Dolomites.
Roman Klymenko
Verified Customer
Very beautiful hike. I did not expect that Slovenia is so amazing.
Birgit Kindler
Verified Customer
We had a lovely hike today with our guide Klemen. He personalized the tour on our needs and interests, so that we saw places we wouldn't without his experience. The hike was a little bit slippery after the rain from the last days and it went a lot upwards, but it was totally worth it! Thanks again :)
Dominik Schrotter
Verified Customer
We had a great day with Klemen on this hike, he showed us some lesser known spots/highlights of the southern part of the julian alps with a nice viewpoint at the end. 10/10 would book again
Gisela Irion
Verified Customer
Tina and her team gave me perfect support on my hut hike through the Triglav National Park in July. In particular, they had to cater to my specific needs twice, which they did for me with no problem. I once had to cancel at short notice before the start of the trip because my father was not feeling well, but then we found a solution and I was able to start the hike. Tina and team first canceled the huts immediately and then reserved them again for me. Even when my condition caused a little tour change again, I immediately had suggestions and these were immediately available in the Trip plans app. I liked this app very much because it was easy to handle and the huttohut-team gave a short overview how the daily tour will be and which highlights – mostly beautiful views – I will see“
Sarah Luvisutto
Verified Customer
Thank you for this breathtaking and fabulous hiking adventure in Slovenia. We loved every minute and highly recommend Hut to Hut Hiking Europe. Fantastic experience! Our guide Jan was so knowledgeable and thoughtful and we truly appreciated his expertise and very much enjoyed his company. We are already looking forward to planning our next adventure!
Jane Pinder
Verified Customer
We absolutely loved this trip, a real adventure.
We did 4 days of walking in the Julian Alps, starting in Lake Bohinj and finishing in Lake Bled.
It was so well organised for us. From the first contact with our enquiry, video call to discuss our trip in detail and organising the full itinerary.
The app with all the details and route maps was excellent and we used in constantly to ensure we were on the correct route. It was so accurate as soon as we went off course.
Throughly recommend using this company for your trip to walking in the beautiful country of Slovenia.
Jane2502
Verified Customer
We absolutely loved this trip, a real adventure. We did a 4 day walk in the lower Julian Alps, starting at Lake Bohinj and ending at Lake Bled.
It was so well organised for us. From the first contact with our enquiry, video call to discuss our trip in detail and organising the full itinerary.
The app with all the details and route maps was excellent and we used in constantly to ensure we were on the correct route. It was so accurate as soon as we went off course.
Throughly recommend using this company for your trip to walking in the beautiful country of Slovenia
Jana Braun
Verified Customer
Wir haben die 7 Seen Tour und die Wanderung ins Triglav gebucht und Klemen hat uns sicher den Berg hoch und auch wieder runter geführt. Wir haben uns sehr gut aufgehoben gefühlt und ich würde, wenn wir wieder nach Slowenien kommen, eine weitere Tour buchen. Wir hatten 2 richtig tolle Aussichten und ich war sehr begeistert. Vielen lieben Dank!
Claudia Ossa
Verified Customer
9 day hiking trip including rafting and mountain biking. Sadly the weather didn’t help, we had a lot of rain, but Klemen modified our plans, making it a great experience after all.
Klemen is an excellent guide and I highly recommend him!!!
Marco Dalla Valle
Verified Customer
Met the guide Klemen to plan a new hiking tour in Slovenia. He was such a reliable, responsive and smart hiking expert with great experience and deep knowledge of the Slovenian scenery, mountains, trails, hotels. I can highly recommend this company if you plan a hiking tour yourself or for a group.
ivan s
Verified Customer
A fantastic hike in a fantastic company. We were a group of two couples on a hike and got along really well. Our guide Luka was fantastic, he took care of every little detail before and during the tour. He picked us up each at our hotels respectively and we made a short pit stop at a local bakery to get a second breakfast before starting the hike. The tour is extremely scenic, not too hard but far from easy three day hike where you see a great portion of the Alpe Guilia. The first day is quite long and you have a lot of uphill hiking of course but the second seemed like the hardest because of rockier terrain. The views are fantastic on the second day! The last day is a bit easier but we were already quite tired and were already looking forward to the end. I think I can recommend this tour to almost any hiker and even if you are not too experienced or fit the guide will always match your pace and make sure you are comfortable.
Sophia W
Verified Customer
This was a truly amazing experience! We really enjoyed our beautiful Seven Lakes Valley hike with an overnight stay at a mountain hut. The alpine scenery of mountains throughout the hike was simply stunning especially the crystal clear emerald lakes, which are absolutely breathtaking! The cosy mountain hut was a lifesaver after a long day’s hike, dinner was hearty and delicious, atmosphere was lively and the beds were warm and comfortable - overall a great experience! What made it all the more enjoyable was being in the safe hands of our brilliant guide, Klemen who was not only very experienced, professional and knowledgeable, but he was also extremely helpful and accommodating. He went out of his way to take care of our needs during the journey. From the start, he was very responsive and proactive in helping us arrange our itinerary in the best way possible to maximise our time there. We also did a private rock climbing session with him after the hike and it was awesome! We definitely enjoyed our time in Slovenia with him and highly recommend going with this company and a private guide like him if you are looking for a customised trip.
Rebecca Lawson
Verified Customer
Our 3 day hike had to be rearranged 2/2 weather, so a one day hike was arranged for us. We appreciated the concern about weather and conditions. Our hike was with Matevz, who was a great guide. Very helpful and knowledgable. Would definitely recommend and will be back for a longer hike one day!
Nicole Cocks
Verified Customer
This trip was organized with every detail considered. Our accommodation, most meals and routes were planned each day which is perfect when the region is unknown and you have not completed a multi-day hike before. We had a great time!
Olivia Berriff
Verified Customer
Excellently organised and the apps worked brilliantly without data/roaming. This was expertly managed by Sara and we had the best time in full confidence that we were in great hands.
Ann Swainson
Verified Customer
Thank you so much for a fantastic trip. It was absolutely stunning, well organised, and a brilliant trip. Special thanks to Jan for his kindness & support on what was a personally challenging trek.
Thomas Wilde
Verified Customer
A great trip - perfectly organized by the hut-hut team, they were immediately available when we needed help!
Robert Backlund
Verified Customer
Our Guide Luka was amazing! And the three-day hike was a Memory for life, really beautiful. Cant recommend it enough.
Gayle Felbain
Verified Customer
Beautiful guided route for our 3-day hut to hut. It included a variety of geography and landscapes and it challenged us in a good way. The organization and information we received from the company both before booking and during our trek was accurate and helpful. Our accommodations were as expected and they were comfortable enough and very welcoming. This was a wonderful way to be in the mountains and really experience them.
Alan Rapoport
Verified Customer
If I could give 100 stars, I would. I don't know if you're a big company or just two or three people behind this, but thank you for such an amazing experience. It was a beautiful adventure. The trails were perfect, each day different from the rest, and a natural beauty that I have seldom seen elsewhere. I had no experience in the world of hiking, and now I can't wait to do the next one! (hopefully next time organised by myself 😂). I had one of the best weeks of my whole life. Thank you a million guys.
Julia Mabry
Verified Customer
Hut to Hut organized all of our stays and were diligent about ensuring our rooms were saved for us. They organized our luggage transfer etc. The team was very responsive and helpful! Hut to Hut hiking is simply the best way to experience the mountains!
David Buchanan
Verified Customer
My wife, son and I completed a 5-day privately guided hike in late August through the beautiful Julian Alps.
Our guide Jan was amazing.....with rain of 3 out of 5 days, we were still able to hike every day (including an epic 11-mile hike on the last day) and think we ended up with an even better trip than originally planned! He was constantly checking the weather and pivoting us to different areas.
Not originally planned was a hike in the wine region in which we visited a family owned (and family run) vineyard and sat with the owner drinking wine and talking about family and life. It was really great......and Jan made this happen.
Slovenia and the Julian Alps are absolutely stunning, the people are wonderful, the mountain huts are an incredible experience and I couldn't rate this trip any higher. Thank you, Jan and thank you, Triglav Tours.
Emelie Holmberg
Verified Customer
We booked a two day hike to summit Mount Triglav through Hut to hut hiking Slovenia. The service was great and they provided very helpful information as well as answering the questions we had. Our guides, Andraž and Rok, were super kind and professional. The hike was challenging but well worth it, all in all an amazing experience.
Montana Pawittranon
Verified Customer
I had such a great time hiking Slovenian mountains for the first time. I highly recommend this tour. Jacob is a lovely guide who knows the areas. The trail is amazing...so beautiful.
Christopher Galla
Verified Customer
What a great trip. Small group, great guide. Happy I booked the trek and plan to do more in the future. Highly recommend.
Annie B
Verified Customer
We loved our 7 lakes 3 days hike! It was quite challenging, but the views and experiences are spectacular. We went unguided but the trails were easy to follow with the app. The huts are cosy and the food was great. We’ll definitely be back!
Natalie Shaw
Verified Customer
This three day hike was breath takingly beautiful! Diverse and stunning landscapes, with Klemens expert knowledge of the land, its history and culture blew me away :)
I was a little apprehensive about my first solo trip, but from the first second was made to feel welcome and at ease.
TOTALLY recommend, Thank you Klemen & Hut to Hut! Unforgettable experience :)
Ivan Lopez
Verified Customer
I can’t say enough of how wonderful this company is, we had a customized tour including multiple activities, we had to change the itinerary due to quick changing weather, Klemen took great care of the group, very professional and very caring about the group, I would recommend him and his company.
Dave Blank
Verified Customer
Regardless of changing weather, the team took great care of us, making sure we we’re having fun and comfortable
andrew Lockhart
Verified Customer
A huge thank you to Klemen for the most wonderful holiday. Having you as a guide made all the difference and enabled us to make the best of our time and see places we would never have found without you. Thank you for showing us your wonderful country.
Brooke Camarda
Verified Customer
I was unable to travel to Slovenia and do this hut to hut trip after all, but Triglav was extremely prompt and helpful in answering our many questions as we were planning our travels. I hope to make it to Slovenia soon, and I would absolutely book with this tour company if I did. And I would recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Slovenia.
August F
Verified Customer
Had an amazing 2d1n hiking with Jan my mountain guide! He is professional and shared with me the background of the mountains and Slovenia. Will be back again doing the rest of the hut to hut trails with them! THEEEE VIEWS AND THE JOURNEY IN THE MOUNTAINS TRAILS ARE AMAAAAZZZZINGGGGGGG!
alberto d
Verified Customer
We were a big group and it was so much fun hiking in the Alps from hut to hut. The places we have stayed at were superb and very authentic, the food was amazing and the staff very friendly. Our guide was fun and very knowledgeable, she told us so much about the culture and places we have hiked in. You get to see many pastures on the way, each with its own story. The Julian Alps felt so unreal, like straight from a fairytale. The tour was nicely organized and we felt very comfortable at all times. The tour is not too hard but can be made harder if you feel like it, there are so many peaks all around.
daruna jean
Verified Customer
I want to recommend hut to hut slovenia as they have tried really hard to make our little trip as perfect as possible. Everything from communication to organisation was fantastic and our guide Luka was really great. He told us so much about the history and the region that made our stages seem much shorter and easier. We did a longer variant of the classic seven lakes and enjoyed full 4 days in the beautiful Julian Alps. Thanks to everyone involved this will be a holiday to remember.
alberto dariol
Verified Customer
We were a big group and it was so much fun hiking in the Alps from hut to hut. The places we have stayed at were superb and very authentic, the food was amazing and the staff very friendly. Our guide was fun and very knowledgeable, she told us so much about the culture and places we have hiked in. You get to see many pastures on the way, each with its own story. The Julian Alps felt so unreal, like straight from a fairytale. The tour was nicely organized and we felt very comfortable at all times. The tour is not too hard but can be made harder if you feel like it, there are so many peaks all around.
ivan stuff
Verified Customer
A fantastic hike in a fantastic company. We were a group of two couples on a hike and got along really well. Our guide Luka was fantastic, he took care of every little detail before and during the tour. He picked us up each at our hotels respectively and we made a short pit stop at a local bakery to get a second breakfast before starting the hike. The tour is extremely scenic, not too hard but far from easy three day hike where you see a great portion of the Alpe Guilia. The first day is quite long and you have a lot of uphill hiking of course but the second seemed like the hardest because of rockier terrain. The views are fantastic on the second day! The last day is a bit easier but we were already quite tired and were already looking forward to the end. I think I can recommend this tour to almost any hiker and even if you are not too experienced or fit the guide will always match your pace and make sure you are comfortable.
Daruna N
Verified Customer
I want to recommend hut to hut slovenia as they have tried really hard to make our little trip as perfect as possible. Everything from communication to organisation was fantastic and our guide Luka was really great. He told us so much about the history and the region that made our stages seem much shorter and easier. We did a longer variant of the classic seven lakes and enjoyed full 4 days in the beautiful Julian Alps. Thanks to everyone involved this will be a holiday to remember.
Zahid Saeed
Verified Customer
A beautiful hike in a beautiful scenery, you get to see everything - mountains, valleys, lakes, forests. There are not so many views as you walk mostly in the valleys but when there are, they are breathtaking. I want to point out also the communication with the team before the tour, they were really responsive and answered all of our questions. They made sure we had the correct gear and arranged for a transfer from Ljubljana for us. The lodges we stayed at were nice and comfortable and all the bookings were made by the team. We had no problems during the tour and navigation felt easy, the routes are mostly nicely marked but there are some places where you have to be careful.
Zahid S
Verified Customer
A beautiful hike in a beautiful scenery, you get to see everything - mountains, valleys, lakes, forests. There are not so many views as you walk mostly in the valleys but when there are, they are breathtaking. I want to point out also the communication with the team before the tour, they were really responsive and answered all of our questions. They made sure we had the correct gear and arranged for a transfer from Ljubljana for us. The lodges we stayed at were nice and comfortable and all the bookings were made by the team. We had no problems during the tour and navigation felt easy, the routes are mostly nicely marked but there are some places where you have to be careful.
Veronica D
Verified Customer
A perfect hike for a family! It is not too easy but quite manageable with all the huts on the way so you really don't have to carry too much with you and on the third day, you can make a great rest by the beautiful river. We had a great guide who showed us around and took care of all the organization around the accommodation and food. The communication with the team before the tour was spot on and we have really enjoyed the hike worry-free. We have seen a great portion of the region and after the tour we simply chilled in Bled.
Caroline Knoche
Verified Customer
I am so happy I did this 5 day tour across the Julian Alps. It is very diverse and you get to see so much beautiful nature, from high alps on the first part to amazing Soca River and Trenta valley where we stayed for two nights. This part of the country is simply breathtaking. Those two parts of Slovenia are really popular so we met quite a lot of people but on the last part we crossed the Komna valley and it was much quieter and completely different from the rest of the mountains. We had a great guide in our group and he told us all the fun stories and was cheering for us during the hard parts. The organization of the tour was perfect and I think I will come again to Slovenia for more hut to hut hiking.
Sophia
Verified Customer
The Seven Lakes Valley hike was a truly amazing experience! The alpine scenery of mountains throughout the hike was simply stunning especially the crystal clear emerald lakes, absolutely breathtaking! The cosy mountain hut was a lifesaver after a long day’s hike, dinner was hearty and delicious, atmosphere was lively and the beds were warm and comfortable - overall a great experience! What made it all the more enjoyable was being in the safe hands of our brilliant guide, Klemen who was not only very experienced, professional and knowledgeable, but he was also extremely helpful and accommodating. He went out of his way to take care of our needs during the journey. From the start, he was very responsive and proactive in helping us arrange our itinerary in the best way possible to maximise our time there. We also did a private rock climbing session with him after the hike and it was awesome! We definitely enjoyed our time in Slovenia with him and highly recommend going with this company and a private guide like him if you are looking for a customised trip.
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Guided and self-guided hikes on mountain trails with views of the Alpine peaks and the surrounding nature, resting in huts and enjoying homemade dishes.
