The hut stands on a hill by the Vršiška road on the north side of the pass. The previous wooden hut was built and opened on 14 July 1901 by the Carniolan section of the German-Austrian Mountaineering Association. After World War I, the hut was taken over by the SPD, who repaired and enlarged it and opened it on July 30, 1922; it was named after the naturalist and writer Fran Erjavec (1834-1887). After the Second World War, the hut was taken over by mountaineers from Jesenice, who restored and opened it on 15 September 1946. In 1949, electricity was installed from Kranjska Gora, and in 1951 a telephone was installed. The old wooden hut eventually fell into disrepair, so PD Jesenice decided to replace it with a new, more modern outpost. In the spring of 1987, they demolished the old hut and began building a new one; in the fall, construction work was completed. Due to financial difficulties, it was built gradually. It was inaugurated on August 1, 1993.
Views:
From the hut there is a beautiful view, especially to the east side. To the east, above the screes of the dry Pišnica, rise the mighty western walls of Prisojnik, we can clearly see the face of "Ajdovska deklica", formed by broken rocks, and to the left, above the Krnica, rise the Martuljek mountains with Špik and Škrlatica; the road raises the slope towards the Vratica pass between Nad Šitom glavo on the left and Robičje on the right, which stretches to the north in the direction of Kranjska Gora.
Access:
Car, bus: on the asphalt regional road from Kranjska Gora 11km, and from Bovec through Trento and across Vršič 34km; parking space is near the hut.
AP Erjavčeva koča and Kranjska Gora: AP is near Erjavčeva koča; from Kranjska Gora by road and shortcuts 2h45.