Matratzenlager

As Dormitory the easiest and cheapest way of sleeping places is referred to in mountain huts. In Switzerland, the designations mass impact, shock or tourists are common.

They are usually located on the top floor of the hut, and may comprise between about 10 and 100 beds. Large dormitories are divided into several rooms to a maximum of 20 to 30 beds to ensure a decent night's sleep. Often there are also smaller rooms for families. Even in winter Dormitory rooms are available.

The mattresses are not usually on the ground, but on a large wooden frame, and are per berth equipped with one pillow each ( Austrian cushion ) and one to two blankets ( Alpine Club ceilings). On the head or foot end there are small storage areas. In mountain huts, the use of sleeping hut is mandatory.

While in the early refuges of the 19th century very simple sleeping accommodations, such as on hay or straw, dominated, increasingly separated relatively comfortable mattresses camps were established about 1880. In the early 20th century, the needs of climbers increased progressively, the forced (or mixed -sex ) intimacy and lack of hygiene and recreational activities were mainly of moderate hikers, often not felt to date as so many larger shelters today in addition to dormitories, smaller rooms with offer only a few beds. Dormitory apply contrast, especially under extreme alpinists as a symbol of simplicity and originality in the alpine environment.