Hut-to-hut hiking in the Dolomites Recent back surgery precluded our usual High Sierra backpacking trip. Making your own hut and hotel reservations online. The photograph of a single edelweiss that I found blooming on a mountain pass. All you really need are a change of clothes, a warm jacket, rain gear, lightweight toiletries and well-seasoned hiking boots. [...] at every stay there was a good bed, a shower, hot food, drink and the companionship of hikers from all over the world.