How does the Hut Assignment process work, and what communication do lottery entrants receive during the process?

The process of assigning trips takes place throughout the month of March, after the lottery submission window has closed. During this window, the 10th Mountain Huts team draws each and every lottery form based on its randomized order assignment and reads through each member’s list of choices, working in order of their preference listed, to try and book a trip. 

If one of the member’s listed trip choices is available, we book that trip, charge their credit card for the trip cost, and email the hut trip confirmation letter. If none of the trips listed are available, the lottery entrant will receive a “sorry” notification via email, letting them know we were not able to book one of their requested trips. 

This process takes several weeks for our team to complete – as we go through roughly 3,000 entries each year! – and outreach takes place throughout that window as we process each form, so you won’t see an email come through until we have gotten to your particular form. All forms should be completed by the end of March, at which time all individual lottery entrants should receive either a trip confirmation or a “sorry” email letting them know they did not receive a trip. 

To note, if you applied for the lottery as part of a group, the communication process for receiving a trip confirmation is different. Please see the “Group Entries” section of this FAQ for more.