From two precariously placed hiking shelters designed by OFIS, through to a stilted timber-frame hideaway on an old ski slope, we've rounded up 10 of the best mountainside cabins on Dezeen.

Kanin Winter Cabin, Slovenia, by OFIS
This tiny aluminium-clad cabin by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti cantilevers over the edge of Mount Kanin on the Slovenian-Italian border.
It can only be accessed by climbers or by helicopter, and is made from a combination of cross-laminated timber, glass and aluminium panels designed to resist extreme weather conditions.
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Lofthuset, Sweden, by Hanna Michelson

No more than two people can stay in this 10-metre-tall stilted timber cabin, designed by Swedish architect Hanna Michelson as a minimalist "sanctuary". Positioned on the site of an old ski slope in the Ã…sberget mountains, it is topped by an open deck under a gabled pinewood roof, providing uninterrupted views over the valley below.
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Varden, Norway, by Spinn and Format Engineers
Designed to encourage hiking in the town of Hammerfest, this shelter sits on top the Storfjellet mountain in Norway.
It has an "organic" prefabricated framework, developed by Spinn and Format Engineers to echo its rugged arctic setting while withstanding harsh polar winters.
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Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, Italy, by Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo
This prefabricated structure, named Bivoua...