Welcome to the Brew Hut

A sign will be put up in the new Brew Hut with some information about the hut, rules, etc. The proposed text of the sign is below.

Welcome to the Brew Hut

• This Hut is open to everybody on a first-come first served basis.

• The Brew Hut is maintained by the Varsity Outdoor Club of the University of British Columbia. A Hut fee of $5 per person per night applies to all users to support maintenance and to supply firewood. Fees should be sent to:

Box 98, Student Union Building
6138 Student Union Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2B9

Heating and Fire

• Fill stoves and lanterns outside.

• Firewood is lumber from the old hut (East down the hill), or scraps from building the new hut. Please leave some wood in the hut, ready for the next user, not a lot but a little.

• Please be conservative with firewood, and only use the wood stove during winter. Once the scraps are gone, firewood needs to be flown in by helicopter at a great cost, and the supply must last the whole winter. The hut is well insulated, so running the coleman lanterns is enough to keep the hut warm in the spring and fall.

• The heater can be adjusted to either consume fuel rapidly (knob out), or to consume fuel slowly and put out maximum heat (knob in). The knob should only be out when liting the stove.

• Ashes go in the metal can provided.

• Do not cut or split wood in the hut. Cut or split wood outside.

• Do not cut any living trees. They take a long time to grow up here and do not burn well.

Water

• There are 2 nearby tarns for drinking water, located about 100m SW and 100m E of the Hut. Please do everything you can to keep these tarns clean. Do not clean dishes, throw out food or go to the washroom in areas that drain into either of these tarns. Presently, you can drink the water straight out of these without getting sick; let's try to keep it that way.

• There is a lake 500m E, below the old hut.

• In the winter, melt snow; the heater can be used for this.

• Treat all drinking water.

Bathroom

• The outhouse will not be erected until summer 2006 because a suitable location (where it won't get buried in drifting snow) has not yet been identified.

• If possible, use the outhouse located at the old Brew Hut, about 500m to the east. Otherwise, the best place to avoid contaminating the tarns is north from the hut towards Mt. Brew. Do not pee close to the hut, as this snow will be melted for drinking water. Go at least 30 yards away.

Others

• Remove boots before going upstairs

• Do not leave food or garbage at the hut. Pack out what you pack in. The only exception is white gas, which can be left in the lanterns or in the stove.

• Close and latch all windows and doors when you leave. It gets very windy up here and we want to keep the mice out.

• Please report any hut maintenance tasks that you notice to the VOC to ensure that problems can be fixed by the next VOC party visiting the hut.