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The main dormitory in the Tutzinger consists of two-storey platforms each populated, cheek by jowl, with lines of mattresses. Unlike most UK youth hostels, dormitories are not single sex. Bedding is provided but guests are expected to bring their own sheet sleeping bags (Hütten Sac) – some people also bring their own sleeping bags although the rooms can be very warm. Like most huts there is a drying room and a boot room. Hut etiquette includes not wearing outdoor shoes indoors and walking poles are left in the boot room.

Lights are turned out at 10pm. It’s not worth retiring earlier as the noise around bedtime can make sleep difficult. Getting to sleep may be a challenge – unfamiliar snoring will take a bit of getting used to – so it’s best to pack earplugs.

Breakfast, served at 7.30am, is interesting if not particularly exciting. It involves tea or coffee, bread and jam, some sort of cereal and processed ham similar to the subject of a famous Monty Python sketch. Austrian bread, like Austrian cakes, is an art form but for some reason the higher art forms don’t reach the higher altitudes and hut bread is of a particularly heavy and dark variety.