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Where to stay at Nant Borrant and La Balme?

In the Contamines-Montjoie Nature Reserve, the Nant Borrant and La Balme chalet-refuges let you shorten the long second stage and tackle the Col du Bonhomme in the cool of the morning.

Stage 23 mountain huts and 2 campgrounds
Nant Borrant and La Balme
Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mountain huts 3

Mountain hutFR

1,459 m

Refuge de Nant Borrant

Nant Borrant · TMB km 22.3

A 19th-century alpine pasture chalet, a mountain hotel until 1976 and then a refuge, set in meadows 45 minutes' walk…

  • 37 beds
  • ≈ €65 per person
Mountain hutFRoff route

1,935 m

Refuge des Prés

Alpage des Prés · TMB km 24.4

A refuge entirely rebuilt in 2021 on the Prés alpine pasture, at the foot of the Tête de la Cicle, slightly off the…

  • 30 beds
  • ≈ €74 per person (adult)
Refuge de la Balme
Mountain hutFR

1,706 m

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Refuge de la Balme

La Balme · TMB km 24.8

A refuge run by the same family for three generations, at the foot of the Aiguille de la Pennaz, in the heart of the…

  • 40 beds
  • ≈ €71–79 per person in a dormitory

Campgrounds 2

Aire de bivouac de la Giettaz (Pont de la Rollaz)
CampgroundFRto be confirmed

1,520 m

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Aire de bivouac de la Giettaz (Pont de la Rollaz)

La Giettaz – Pont de la Rollaz · TMB km 22.9

Nature reserve bivouac area on the TMB route, a quarter of an hour above the Nant Borrant refuge, near the Pont de la…

  • 40 beds
Aire de bivouac de la Balme
CampgroundFR

1,700 m

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Aire de bivouac de la Balme

La Balme · TMB km 24.6

Official bivouac area of the nature reserve, on a grassy slope about a hundred meters north-west of the La Balme…

  • 50 beds

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