We have a pretty good hut system on the AT, too, less the beer, except maybe in the Whites. But few are on ridges and none that I know of are on summits, much less on the highest point for thousands of miles around. I wonder where they put' em in the Alps.
And hey, what's wrong with the Starbuck's pic? I love a good frozen quad grande grass-fed raw lo fat half caf Americano-macchiatto after an East Buttress free solo. Doesn't everyone?