I've stayed in the hut for a couple of nights before.
One time, the ranger even saw us lingering around at dark and asked, we told him, he just chose to ignore it.
He could probably tell how shattered we were after our little epic on Angles.
As for finding the base of the route, I seem to remember that you can see the buttress from several places on the approach, which will help you to figure out if you're heading the correct way or not. |