Summit Huts Association provides a backcountry refuge for self-propelled mountain recreational users and provides a unique venue in spectacular natural settings for community, charitable and educational programs.

SHA strives to be leaders in backcountry hospitality, stewards of the natural environment, and we inspire lifelong memories with family and friends.

Founded in 1987, Summit Huts Association is a Colorado 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to developing and maintaining a system of backcountry cabins accessed by non-motorized trails in Summit County, Colorado.

Summit Huts currently owns and/or operates five backcountry huts under special use permits from the Forest Service and United States Department of Agriculture in the White River and Pike-San Isabel National Forests. The Summit Huts Association is a separate organization from 10th Mountain Division Hut Association and is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and supply of our hut system.

The first hut in the Summit Huts system was Janet’s Cabin, which opened to backcountry enthusiasts in 1991. Four years later, in 1995, Francie’s Cabin welcomed its first guests. Ken’s Cabin and the Section House joined the Summit Huts system in 1997.

In 2015, Summit Huts Association received approvals to begin construction on the fifth hut, Sisters Cabin. Construction on Sisters Cabin took place in 2018 and it opened for its inaugural season on January 12, 2019 in Weber Gulch on the Northeast side of Bald Mountain, just outside of Breckenridge.

Staff


Greg Guevara | Executive Director

Karen McDonough Yule | Managing Director

Dan Munyon | Operations Manager

Board of Directors


Brandon Bailey | President

Shauna Bocksch | Secretary

Robbie Dickson | Treasurer

Advisory Board


Scott Downen | Hut Development

Shauna Farnell | Newsletter, Public Relations

Lauren Jefferson | Events, Health & Safety

Linsey Joyce | Community Outreach, Events

James Letson | Hut Development

Brian Litz | Outdoor Industry, Public Relations

Devon O’Neil | Outdoor Industry, Public Relations

Kasey Provorse | Business Development, Nonprofit Organizations

Andy Richmond | Legal Counsel

Paul Semmer | Hut Development, USFS Consultant

Kenny Thaemert | Hut Development

Scott Toepfer | Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Hut Maintenance