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The construction of shelters and survival refuges for tourists caught by bad weather on the
mountain was an important and permanent preoccupation of the main tourist associations and
clubs, and over 100 chalets and mountain shelters were built until the beginning of the
Second World War.
A period of neglect followed and many of these were destroyed. Beginning
with the 70s though, once Salvamont structures are created, the construction
of new survival refuges on the mountain begins, also with the help of
mountaineers and other mountain lovers, transporting materials on their
backs, with horses, or with helicopters, thus dozens of new shelters
are built from stone, metal, wood, or fi berglass.
In the last twenty years, due to the funding provided by
the local or county public administrations, by the Romanian
Government, or by European projects, the mountain refuges
construction increased, thus at this time we have over 60
survival refuges functional in the Romanian mountains, the
majority of which are being administered by Salvamont
structures.