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PHOTO BY SETH K. HUGHESBACKPACKER.COM 49The best backcountry huts offer more than an easy way to lightenyour load. They have big views, wood-burning stoves, beds, and, yes,sometimes even a waitstaff. The best backcountry huts have it all—freeing you up to focus on the more important things. Like all thatwilderness out the back door. BY WILLIAM M. ROCHFORT, JR.### VIEW WITH A ROOMTriplemint Peak dominates the viewnortheast of Mint Hut (summit the6,350-footer on an ambitious, class 3climb from the valley fl oor).