The Bothy, which is used as a shelter/refuge and as an overnight stop by Pennine Way walkers, is situated near the summit of Cross Fell - at 2400 ft (730 m).
Anyone wanting to know the latest information about the Bothy's availability should consult the MBA's website here :- The Mountain Bothies Association

Greg's Hut Association

What was Greg's Hut Association?

The Greg's Hut Association was an organisation which, until 2024, in collaboration with the Mountain Bothies Association, maintained Greg's Hut on Cross Fell as a valuable (and on occasion life-saving) shelter for the many users of the fells and the Pennine Way. It is the highest bothy in England sitting on the 700metre contour line.

The Hut is used not only by walkers but by local shepherds and Penrith Mountain Rescue Team. It is open all year round. Usually, over 800 visitors are recorded annually in the Visitors Book from this country and all over the world.

The Association was founded in memory of John Gregory, who was killed in a climbing accident in the Alps in 1968. A group of his Climbing Club friends adopted the building, an old lead-mining Blacksmiths Shop, rebuilt it from a ruin and maintained it for many years. As many of them are now well past retirement age maintenance has been taken over by GHA members who come from all parts of the country – the majority coming from Alston Moor and the Eden Valley.

Between 2010 - 2022 GHA and MBA volunteers replaced windows, installed a new stove and fitted a wooden floor over the original stone flagged Blacksmith’s shop floor - together with any necessary maintenance. We hope that visitors to the Hut will help to keep it clean and tidy and bring enough fuel for the stove to last them for their own visit and perhaps a little more for the use of those who follow them. Over the period 2022 - 2023 the Mountain Bothies Association refurbished the bothy. You can see what it looks like here. The Bothy is now in superb condition and should not need any major work doing for many years. So this, coupled with the fact that many of the original GHA members have either died or can no longer nake to trip up to the Hut meant that it was an appropriate time to disband the Association, At the GHA's AGM in 2024 – 50 years after the bothy was first opened, the Assocation was formally disbanded.