3HUTS - Unlocking Women's Outdoor Potential

🚨 Our website is live!
We’re excited to officially launch the digital home of the 3HUTS Project.

Visit 3huts.uactive.org to learn about the project’s goals, partners, events, and how we’re working to make the outdoors more inclusive for women across Austria, Slovakia, and Greece.

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📄 The 3HUTS Final Report is here!
After months of collaboration across Austria, Slovakia, and Greece, our comprehensive report is now available to read.

The study maps mountain infrastructure in all three countries and analyses it through a gender lens — identifying how accessible and welcoming these outdoor spaces are for women.

We invite you to explore our findings and recommendations here:
👉 https://3huts.euactive.org/3huts_report/

This is a step forward in building inclusive outdoor spaces across Europe.



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🏔 The first weekend of May 2025 brought together participants from Slovakia 🇸🇰, Austria 🇦🇹, and Greece 🇬🇷 for an inspiring study visit in Mount Olympus, Greece, as part of the 3 HUTS project, an initiative promoting active lifestyles among women. 🌸

On Friday, we hiked from Stavros to Prionia, passing sacred sites like St. Dionysios' cave and enjoying waterfalls and scenic views. 🌳 The day wrapped up with a workshop and rest. 🌄
Saturday’s journey took us up to 2000 m at Petrostrouga — 13 km with snowy peaks and joy, ending with a visit to the turquoise Orlias waterfall 💧 and an evening reflection session.

❤ HUGE THANKS to our mountain guide, his wife, and our coach & coordinator for their care during the whole stay. ✨

See you on the trails again soon! 🥾

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OTI Active Austria 3HUTS - Unlocking Women's Outdoor Potential

🌲✨ On April 26th, we hit the trails with 11 amazing hikers for a scenic journey through the Viennese woods!
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We kicked things off with an intro circle to connect before tackling 11km up to beautiful Kahlenberg 🌄— where we lunched with stunning views over Vienna and the Danube.

This hike was part of the 3HUTS Project, an initiative connecting 🇦🇹🇸🇰🇬🇷 to make hiking more inclusive — especially for women. Let’s make the outdoors a space where everyone feels welcome 🌍👣

Trailbazers: Historic women in hiking 🏔️

3. 🧭 Elise Wortley —
The modern-day explorer walking in the footsteps of history. She retraces the journeys of legendary women adventurers using only vintage gear to tell their untold stories. No Gore-Tex, no GPS — just grit, wool, and wild ambition. 🥾✨

👣 "A woman on a trail is never lost—she’s finding herself with every step." 🌿

Every path she takes is a journey inward.
Every breath of fresh air, a moment of clarity.
Every step, a story of strength, freedom, and becoming. 💫

The 3HUTS Project brings together the beautiful landscapes and passionate people of Slovakia, Austria, and Greece to promote gender equality in hiking and outdoor sports.

Together, we’re working to create safer, more inclusive, and accessible hiking experiences for women.
We’re building a community where every woman feels confident to explore the mountains.

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Trailblazers: Historic Women in Hiking
🧗‍♀️ Lynn Hill

In 1993, Lynn Hill became the first person to free climb The Nose on El Capitan. Not the first woman. The first human. One year later, she did it again in under 24 hours, just to make sure history was paying attention.

With a defiant “It goes, boys!” she shattered more than climbing records—she changed the game for good.

👣 Proof that the path to greatness doesn’t always go forward... sometimes, it goes straight up.