Help Rebuild the Green-Wilson Hut!
Help Support the Green Wilson Hut Rebuild!
The Braun Huts team is asking for support from the Colorado hut community and fellow backcountry enthusiasts to help reach its $2 million funding goal for the Green Wilson Hut rebuild, and help preserve this cherished community resource for many decades to come.
Visit www.braunhuts.org/future to learn more about the fundraising effort, and to make your gift today! You can also mail a check: Alfred Braun Hut System P.O. Box 7937 Aspen, CO 81612 if you have any questions about giving please contact morgan@braunhuts.org
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Green Wilson & Tagert Huts Green Wilson Hut
The Green Wilson Hut is part of the Alfred A. Braun Hut System, located in the Elk Mountains between Aspen and Crested Butte. You can learn more about Colorado’s first hut system and how to support its work at www.braunhuts.org.
The hut was originally built back in 1978 from a pan-abode log cabin kit, and was named for Lu Lynn Green Wilson, a laboratory technologist who lived in Aspen in the 1970s, and managed the Aspen Valley Hospital laboratory until her untimely death from cancer. The original hut was renovated in 1999, but after decades of love from thousands of visitors, and exposure to extreme alpine weather and heavy snow loads, the structure has reached the end of its lifespan, and must be replaced.
A New Hut for the Next Generation
The new Green Wilson Hut will be built at its current location, with structural improvements designed to withstand the heavy snow loads typical of Colorado’s high alpine environment, and will also be fire resilient – helping to ensure an enduring mountain refuge for the next generation of hutgoers. The new design will maintain the intimate scale and 8-person capacity of the original hut, with three improved cozy sleeping rooms, while adding a dedicated entry room for gear storage, and a bright common space with south-facing windows to showcase the surrounding views. The hut will also boast a highly efficient passive solar design.
The project was designed by architect Al Beyer, who has donated his architectural services, and has designed several Colorado backcountry huts, including the Markley, Opa’s Taylor, Emmelyn, and Benedict huts.
Help Support the Green Wilson Hut Rebuild!
The Braun Huts team is asking for support from the Colorado hut community and fellow backcountry enthusiasts to help reach its $2 million funding goal for the Green Wilson Hut rebuild, and help preserve this cherished community resource for many decades to come.
Visit www.braunhuts.org/future to learn more about the fundraising effort, and to make your gift today! You can also mail a check to: Alfred Braun Hut System P.O. Box 7937 Aspen, CO 81612. If you have any questions about giving, please contact morgan@braunhuts.org.
To discuss leadership gift opportunities please call the Braun Huts fundraising chair, Craig Ward, at 970-379-1254.
Hut Information
Owned By
Alfred A Braun Hut System
Open
Winter
Closest Town
Aspen
Hut Elevation
11,280 '
Elevation Max*
0
Layout
Green Wilson sleeps 8 (2 doubles, 4 singles).
Amenities
Heat
Wood
Oven
No
Refrigeration
No
Water
Snow Melt**
Toilet
Outhouse
Ada Accessible
No
Sauna
No
Fire Ring
No
Grill
No
Dogs
No
Charging
None
Gear Cart
No
** Winter only
Details
- Firewood, starter paper, matches, axes
- Propane for kitchen burners
- Cooler for cold food storage
- Snow collection buckets and large pot for melting snow on wood-burning heat stove (bring your own filter)
- Pots, pans, potholders, dishware, cooking and eating utensils, percolator or French press, salt & pepper
- Paper towels, dish soap, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, trash bags, toilet paper
- Solar powered lighting
- Mattresses, pillows
- Crocs
Book This Hut
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Location
Official 10th Mountain Division Map
CalTopo
Winter Map : Braun Huts Map
View / PrintNational Geographic
Map : Aspen, Independence Pass
USFS
Map : White River National Forest
Trailheads/Routes
These cabins are accessed from Ashcroft via the Pearl Pass Road, which makes for a mostly gradual climb in to the huts, but the route does cross under numerous large avalanche paths.
The Alfred Braun Hut System was designed to be a back-country SKI system. As such the Alfred Braun Hut System strongly discourages the use of snowmobiles for access to the huts. The hut system was created for non-motorized travel. As such, snowmobile use can often detract from this unique experience. Our huts are located on U.S. Forest Service land, and each hut has unique travel management restrictions as governed by Forest Service Travel Management Plans. Around the immediate environs of each Alfred Braun Hut is a USFS developed recreation site envelope with snowmobile restrictions. Access to and from each hut is managed within the Developed Recreation Site Boundary. Snowmobiles should not drive to the front door of any hut. There are no snowmobile play areas within the Developed Recreation Site boundaries. Snowmobiles are not allowed in Wilderness Areas, or on private land without permission. You must know where you are if you expect to remain legal and safe. PLEASE DO NOT RELY ON A SNOWMOBILE TO GET YOURSELF OR YOUR EQUIPMENT TO A HUT.
Snowmobile Restrictions: Located a hundred yards apart, Tagert and Green-Wilson huts are protected by a winter-time motorized use closure of the Pearl Pass road from its intersection with the Montezuma basin road (a 1/4 mile below the huts). In addition, the Maroon Bells Wilderness area is adjacent to the Pearl Pass road (within 10 feet of the road). Snowmobiles may be encountered on the Castle Creek/Montezuma basin portion of the access route.
Braun Huts & Friends’ Hut Winter Information PDF
Routes
Green Wilson Hut from Ashcroft Trailhead
Total Mileage
5.3
Trailhead Elevation
9,498'
Hut-Specific Weather
Tonight : Snow showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Monday : A chance of snow showers before 7am, then snow showers likely and patchy blowing snow between 7am and 9am, then snow showers and patchy blowing snow and a slight chance of thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then snow showers and a chance of thunderstorms and patchy blowing snow. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Southwest wind 15 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Monday Night : A slight chance of snow showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Tuesday : A slight chance of snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night : Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday : A chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night : Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Thursday : A slight chance of snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.
Thursday Night : Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Friday : Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.
Friday Night : Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Saturday : Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Saturday Night : Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Sunday : A slight chance of thunderstorms and a slight chance of rain and snow showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 54.
