It’s WORLD TOILET DAY – Hurrah! See our Bizarre Backcountry Bogs
Ski toilets don’t always create the greatest memories: Long, shivering queues, juggling goggles and gloves, staggering down narrow stairs in ski boots… But some are another matter entirely. Introducing the pottiest privys in the mountains:
Just you, the loo & the view, Denali/Mount McKinley
© Nigel Roberts
This solitary outhouse is up at 14200 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, where three wooden slabs protect your modesty if nature calls. Thank heavens for those fine views of Mount Foraker, which distract you from the subzero temperatures.
Sky Toilet, Schladming
© Planai
Not all loos with views must be open-air… And thankfully this picture proves that you can’t be seen from outside, as you sit back and enjoy the sights through the one way glass of Planai’s Sky Toilet.
Paradise Toilet, Schladming
© Planai
Schladming’s Planai area clearly has a thing for bonkers bogs – as well as offering more loo-seat views of the great outdoors, their ‘Paradise Toilet’ gives queuers an eyeful. You’re in a colourful portrayal of Eden – including a life-sized photo of Adam (complete with a strategically placed leaf).
Toilet Slide, Hospiz Alm in St Christoph
© Pablo de la Pena
Those clever designers of Hospiz Alm clearly knew the pains of clattering down stairs in ski boots, so they created a slide to make things easier – utter genius. The loo slide seems to be catching on, and Freeride Cafe in Alpe d’Huez has one too. We think all slopeside establishments should have one (squealing “weeeee” as you slide down = compulsory).
Twin Toilets, Sochi
© Steve Rosenberg & BBC
BBC reporter Steve Rosenberg captured these twin treasures during the Sochi Games last year. Saving skiers from any cubicle loneliness, they encourage bog-seat banter and make the whole experience a lot more… sociable.
Ski Jump Toilet, Japan
© Coca Cola Exclusivpix
Nature often calls when you’re preparing to leap off a mighty ski jump… These vertigo-inducing privys were created for a Coco Cola coffee campaign in a number of Japanese ski resorts. Though only a picture of a steep ski jump slope, it gives the ‘user’ the illusion you’re about to ski off the top of a regulation ski jump, with strap in skis printed on the floor.
Panorama Toiet, Gipfelalm Hohe Salve in Westendorf
© Gipfelalm Hohe Salve
Up on the SkiWelt’s Hohe Salve Mountain, the Gipfelalm has some cracking views – whether you’re gobbling down Gröstl on Austria’s first rotating panorama terrace, or spending a penny in the Panorama Toilet as unknowing skiers schuss past.
Climber’s Cans, Mount Baker in Washington
© Burt Rosen
When your restroom’s a mountainside, you might not find an attendant spritzing apres-wee perfume, but you will feel like king of the world while you’re on the throne. Climbers of Mount Baker have 16 toilets dotted about on the north and south sides of the mountain – many looking down onto Vancouver.
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