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Nowadays,


helicopters


quickly


transport supplies and personnel to these high-mountain huts. With a few minutes of flight, a helicopter covers distances that could take days to accomplish on foot. Up to 700 kilograms (approximately 1,500


pounds) of supplies are


packed into bags big enough to make Santa envious. Food, gas, groceries, and wood are quickly flown up to adventurous travelers to provide relaxing overnight stays and hearty meals.


Many of the Swiss Alpine Club’s 153 huts are far from any civilization and need regular restocking of provisions to properly function. Everything is quite basic; it almost takes you to another time when people were more connected to each other and to nature. But these days, the helicopters allow the huts to be outfitted with many more luxuries than the past.


To ensure a proper level of guest services, the most important tasks are to bring food, gas, groceries, and wood right on time; haul away trash; safely transport hut staff between


shifts; involves and the of most course


organize the huts’ openings and closings each season. The latter


work


as helicopters transport all the season’s major equipment for modern comforts that might even include such luxuries as radios, coffee machines, microwave ovens and televisions.


Restocking missions continue as needed until the end of summer or even into early autumn, depending on weather conditions. In the high season, the most frequent goal is to bring fresh food and liquids.


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