Best view 2016? Climber's hut has incredible backdrop

Mountain climbers are waxing lyrical about a wooden cabin on top of a mountain range - with incredible views.

The Three Fingers lookout hut, situated on top of the North Cascades mountain range, is the perfect place for adventurers looking to get panoramic views – if they can get up there that is.

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Situated right on a cliff edge, the hut is reached by a series of narrow wooden ladders making it a challenge for anybody without a head for heights.

But on the right day, climbers are able to gaze out across the rolling banks of cloud below.

This photo was taken by Ethan Welty, 29, from Seattle, Washington, and his friends Craig Weiland and Colin Ridgley, who made the 6,900ft above sea level climb.

Ethan told Caters News: "In all the time I have been climbing, I have never been so unwilling to leave a summit - it was so beautiful.

"I cannot wait to make a pilgrimage back there and will pack enough food next time to stay for several nights.

"It's a place that will really inspire you and is one of the most dramatically and implausibly situated human structures I've ever been in, let alone slept in.

"The hut was destined to fall apart in the end, but so far by pitching in, it is possible to keep it around by helping keep it clean and preserve the trail up to the hut.

"There are all kinds of things left by people that have visited the hut before - we even found a steam iron up there."