{"id":7354,"date":"2012-08-02T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=7354"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:13:45","slug":"cairngorm-bothy-to-close-for-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/cairngorm-bothy-to-close-for-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairngorms bothy to close for repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Hutchison Memorial Hut (Photo: Hendry_670)<\/p><\/div>Walkers are being warned that a bothy in the Cairngorms is soon to shut for a fortnight of repairs. The Hutchison Memorial Hut will be closed from 31 August for two weeks while volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association undertake a major programme of repairs.<\/p>\n

The Hutchison Hut is situated in Coire Etchachan at around 2,500 feet. It was built in 1954 with kind permission of the Trustees of the late Duke of Fife as a mountain refuge. The building was paid for by friends of the late Dr A G Hutchison of Aberdeen, who was killed in a climbing accident in Pembrokeshire in 1949. The construction was carried out by W J Brown builders of Aberdeen with assistance in transport of materials etc from members of local climbing clubs and others. The hut is now maintained by the Mountain Bothy Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walkers are being warned that a bothy in the Cairngorms is soon to shut for a fortnight of repairs. The Hutchison Memorial Hut will be closed from 31 August for two weeks while volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association undertake a major programme of repairs. The Hutchison Hut is situated in Coire Etchachan at around 2,500 feet. It was built in 1954 with kind permission of the Trustees of the late Duke of Fife as a mountain refuge. The building was paid for by friends of the late Dr A G Hutchison of Aberdeen, who was killed in a climbing…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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