Výrovka, Mountain refuge in Pec pod Sněžkou, Czech Republic.
Výrovka is a mountain hut in the Krkonoše saddle between Luční hora and Zadní Planina, at 1363 m, 2.5 km southwest of Luční bouda. The present building was erected in 1988–1990 to a design by architect Vokatý, author of the Horizont hotel in Pec pod Sněžkou. It stands at a crossing of marked trails and is open all year.
A simple shelter stood here in the 18th century; the owner demolished it in the early 19th century, but it was later rebuilt. In 1926 soldiers built a log cabin for ski training, and a police station was established in 1938. The current building dates from 1988–1990, designed by architect Vokatý.
The hut's German names, Tannenbaude and Geiergucke, survive from the era when the Bönsch family from Luční bouda ran it during the Second World War. Earlier, the shelter sold postcards and violet stone, a rock covered with the alga Trentepohlia iolithus that smelled of violets when damp.
The hut stands at a junction of marked trails 2.5 km southwest of Luční bouda. On foot: red trail from Strážný via Dvorská bouda and Chalupa Na Rozcestí, red from Luční bouda, green from Rychtrové boudy (linking to the red trail and the road from Pec pod Sněžkou), green from Svatý Petr in Špindlerův Mlýn. The road from Strážný continues to Luční bouda and doubles as cycle route K1A, so motor vehicles can also reach it. Open all year.
Between 1937 and 1938 an angular station of the military freight cableway from Pec pod Sněžkou to Luční hora stood north of the hut; a hollow in the ground, once enclosed in a cage, still marks its place. The hut also kept a police station from 1938.
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