Neil Colgan Hut

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| image_caption = Neil Colgan Hut taken from Mount Bowlen - July 2007

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| location = Prospectors Valley

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The Neil Colgan Hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of {{convert|2957|m}} on the Fay Glacier in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is in a col between Mount Little and Mount Bowlen, one of the peaks overlooking the Valley of the Ten Peaks. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada and is the highest permanent structure in Canada.{{cite book|last1= Kariel|first1= Herbert G|last2= Kariel|first2= Patricia E|title= Alpine Huts in the Rockies, Selkirks and Purcells|year= 1986|location= Banff, Alta.|publisher= Alpine Club of Canada|page= 42|isbn= 9780920330180|oclc= 25165072}} Also {{OCLC|16019218}} and {{OCLC|123203042}}. It is named for hiker and adventurer Neil M. Colgan (1953–1979).

The hut can accommodate 18 in the summer and 16 in the winter and is equipped with propane-powered lamps and a stovetop.{{cite web|url= https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/web/ACCMember/Huts/Neil_Colgan_Hut.aspx |title= Neil Colgan Hut|publisher= Alpine Club of Canada|access-date=2019-08-19}} There is one outdoor drum toilet at the facility.

Reaching the hut from Fay Hut requires approximately 4 to 6 hours of glacier travel, or 8 to 12 hours climbing the Perren Route{{cite web|url= http://www.summitpost.org/route/162264/Perren-route-to-Neil-Colgan-Hut.html|title= Perren route to Neil Colgan Hut|publisher= Summit Post|accessdate= 2012-03-25}} from Moraine Lake.