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

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

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

• Please be conservative with firewood, and only use the wood stove in winter. 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.

• There are 2 nearby tarns for drinking water, located about 100m SW and and 100m E of the Hut. Please do everything you can to keep these tarns clean. Do not clean dishes, throw out food or pee in areas that drain into either of these tarns. ATP, you could drink the water straight out of these eithout getting sick, let's try to keep it that way. The best place to avoid contaminating the tarns is to go north from the cabin towards Mt. Brew.

• 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, please consider the impact you may be having on the drinking water supplies listed above.
• Boots off 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 get's very windy up here and you'll let the mice in.