Has anyone gone on adventure weekend winter vacation? I am referring to a weekend stay at a hut.

Is hut to hut trip enjoyable compare to hotel ?

I am planning a 3 day/2 night trip in February with my nephew. I am hoping for a very cold (hard to get in Lousy-anna), wet (no big trick here), so he can get some serious cold weather training.
I just went back through my pack and found some redundant items. I will be cleaning those out and topping off my nephew's gear with those items (sewing kits, etc).

I've done winter camping before, but not in a hut to hut type of trip. How does something like that work? Is it set up thorough the local Parks Department or something?

It sounds like fun, though.

Can you tell us more about it?

Whereabouts are you going? I know they do hut to hut in the Whites in NH. Typically, you bunk with about 8 other people. It can get noisy, especially with small kids (may not be a problem in the winter). They usually have a communal dining room/kitchen too. Not sure if the one in the Whites staffs the kitchen in the winter, but I know they do a breakfast & dinner, included in the price, during the summer. I havent stayed at the huts mysel overnight (they charge hikers $25 to stay, on the floor. Kind of a ripoff), but I have heard of other hikers who have stayed there, and they would have rather stayed at a campsite. Mind you, this is durng the summer, when tourists drive up to a hut, stay overnight, then drive to the next one. Winter I would think that there are more outdoorsy type people, who are there to enjoy the outdoors via skiing, snowshoeing, etc.
I have done several winter camping trips in the pemmigawassett wilderness area, and loved every second of it. There is nothing quite like waking up in a tent, with 6" of fresh snow everywhere. Enjoy, get pics, and share!

I have spent several weekends camping in previous years between Christmas and New Year's Day. Sometimes just in a sleeping bag under a canvas tarp by an open fire. Other times in tents. A hut would just ruin the whole outdoor adventure/experience for me.

I have, but winter camping in Hawaii doesn't mean what I think you mean.

And, I refused to use the hut/cabin. I slept outside next to the fire. Less mosquitos that way. The folks that slept inside were the buffet line for the mosquitos that had already gotten in and were eaten alive.

I've done it here in the Sierra Nevada, where the Sierra Club maintains about half a dozen cabins you can ski or snowshoe to. There's usually a downstairs with benches and tables and a counter (no running water, but lakes or streams are usually near), and an upstairs with mattresses (but no bedding). We bring stoves, food and sleeping bags. Usually there's a pellet or wood stove for heat, too.

I prefer camping out in the snow, but the huts are nice for an occasional change of pace. No comparison with a hotel - much more rustic, and some of them are fairly remote.

Here's a link to one:

Ostrander Hut

My understanding of the huts in the White Mountains and in Europe is that they often have caretakers, serve food, and are a bit more like hotels.

Hut to Hut camping is very popular in Europe. The US has some of those camp sites but I don't know the location. Outside magazine mentioned about it once.

The hut is located in remote places. Hikers or skiers must hike a few miles from parking lot to the hut. The Hut looks like a Mongolian circular tent. It has wood fire place for cooking and keeping warmth. I don't know about the food availability at those huts. I assume hikers must carry their own food there.

It sounds like a blast. I'll have to look into it.

If I run across anything I'll post a link or get you some info if possible.

Backpacker magazine trailside did an episode in colorado outside leadville hut to hut on bicycles interesting show and liked it alot.

Lee