Mountain hutFR
1,505 m
©Refuge du Fioux
Le Fioux, between the Col de Voza and Bionnassay · TMB km 7
A former alpine pasture renovated in the 1990s, this small private refuge lies on the main route, about fifteen…
2027 season: the Croix du Bonhomme hut is closed for renovation until 2029. Bookings on the official platform opened on 15 October 2026; Bonatti, Elisabetta and Lac Blanc are booked direct. Our booking guide.
Mountain hutFRoff route
2,372 m
©Refuge du Nid d'Aigle
Nid d'Aigle (terminus of the Tramway du Mont-Blanc)
A high-altitude refuge at the terminus of the Tramway du Mont-Blanc, at the start of the normal route up Mont Blanc…
Mountain hutFRvariant
1,560 m
©Refuge de Miage (Chalets de Miage)
Chalets de Miage
At the head of an alpine pasture valley overlooked by the Dômes de Miage, this family-run refuge, held by the Orset…
Mountain hutFRvariant
1,720 m
©Refuge-Auberge du Truc (Chalet du Truc)
Plateau du Truc · TMB km 12.7
An alpine pasture chalet set on the grassy Truc plateau, about thirty minutes above the Chalets de Miage, with a view…
Mountain hutFR
1,164 m
©Chalet CAF des Contamines (FFCAM)
La Vy (Les Contamines-Montjoie) · TMB km 17.5
Small Alpine Club chalet in the hamlet of La Vy, about ten minutes' walk from the church and about 150 m from the TMB…
Mountain hutFRoff route
1,970 m
©Refuge de Tré-la-Tête
Tré-la-Tête · TMB km 19.6
A private refuge built in 1908 at the foot of the Dômes de Miage and the Tré-la-Tête Glacier, run by Marielle Tuaz…
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…
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…
Mountain hutFR
1,706 m
©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…
Mountain hutFRbuilding works
2,443 m
©Refuge du Col de la Croix du Bonhomme
Col de la Croix du Bonhomme · TMB km 30.5
Perched on the ridge line separating the Beaufortain from the Mont Blanc massif, this large Alpine Club refuge, built…
Mountain hutFR
1,864 m
©SurroundingsRefuge des Mottets
Les Mottets (Vallée des Glaciers) · TMB km 42.1
A former alpine pasture farm at the head of the Vallée des Glaciers, converted into a refuge in the late 1960s and…
Mountain hutFRoff route
2,750 m
Refuge Robert Blanc
Aiguille des Glaciers (Vallée des Glaciers)
A small high-mountain refuge clinging to a ridge at 2,750 m facing the Glaciers Glacier, on an alpine route that…
Mountain hutIT
2,195 m
©Rifugio Elisabetta Soldini
Val Veny (Lée Blanche) · TMB km 49.9
A large stone refuge of the CAI Milano perched on a rocky spur at the foot of the Lée Blanche Glacier, about an hour's…
Mountain hutIT
1,956 m
©Rifugio Maison Vieille
Col Chécrouit · TMB km 60.2
A private refuge at the Col Chécrouit, in the middle of the Courmayeur ski area, at the exact spot where the TMB…
Mountain hutITvariant
1,700 m
©SurroundingsRifugio Monte Bianco (CAI UGET)
La Fodze (Val Veny) · TMB km 60.8
A CAI UGET Turin refuge built in 1952 at La Fodze, on the Val Veny side, and reachable in summer by a drivable track…
Mountain hutIT
1,989 m
©Rifugio Giorgio Bertone
Mont de la Saxe (Le Pré) · TMB km 70.2
A private refuge built in 1982 in memory of the guide Giorgio Bertone, on a shelf of the Mont de la Saxe at nearly…
Mountain hutIToff route
1,467 m
©SurroundingsRifugio Chapy Mont Blanc
Chapy d'Entrèves (entrance to the Val Ferret) · TMB km 71.4
A building constructed in the 1950s by the Giovane Montagna association of Turin and open to the public since 2025 as…
Mountain hutIT
2,025 m
©Rifugio Walter Bonatti
Malatrà (Val Ferret) · TMB km 77.7
A stone and wood refuge inaugurated on 1 August 1998 and dedicated to the mountaineer Walter Bonatti, set in the…
Mountain hutIT
2,061 m
©Rifugio Elena
Pré de Bar (Val Ferret) · TMB km 85.3
A vast refuge at the head of the Italian Val Ferret, facing the Pré de Bar Glacier, about an hour from the Grand Col…
Mountain hutCH
1,327 m
©Refuge Le Peuty
Le Peuty (Trient) · TMB km 129.5
A small private hut in the hamlet of Le Peuty, on the edge of the village of Trient, on the path to the Col de Balme…
Mountain hutCHvariant
2,113 m
Chalet des Grands (Refuge Les Grands)
Les Grands (Trient Valley)
A Swiss Alpine Club (CAS) chalet perched at 2,113 m on the Grands variant, a balcony route between Trient and the Col…
Mountain hutCH
2,191 m
©Refuge du Col de Balme
Col de Balme · TMB km 134.1
A hut set on the Franco-Swiss border at the Col de Balme, the tipping point between the Trient valley and the Chamonix…
Mountain hutFRvariant
1,910 m
Gîte d'alpage Les Écuries de Charamillon
Charamillon (Balme area) · TMB km 136
A former alpine farm converted into a hut, a quarter of an hour's walk from the Charamillon gondola arrival point, on…
Mountain hutFRvariant
2,352 m
©Refuge du Lac Blanc
Lac Blanc · TMB km 146.1
The most photographed hut in the massif: perched at 2,352 m on the shore of Lac Blanc, facing the Aiguille Verte, the…
Mountain hutFR
1,877 m
©Refuge de la Flégère
La Flégère · TMB km 148.6
A wooden building built around 1827 and set at 1,877 m next to the Flégère gondola station, with a spectacular balcony…
Mountain hutFR
2,152 m
©Refuge de Bellachat
Bellachat (below the Brévent) · TMB km 159
A small wooden hut perched at 2,152 m below the Brévent, with one of the finest head-on views of Mont Blanc and the…
The most sought-after huts
Elisabetta (Val Veny), Bonatti (Val Ferret), Lac Blanc and the isolated huts at La Balme, Nant Borrant and Les Mottets are often fully booked months in advance for July and August. Book them first and build your itinerary around them.
Hut, gîte or hotel?
On the TMB, a “refuge” is a staffed mountain hut, often isolated, with dormitories and half board: meals and bunk rooms are shared. Gîtes are usually found in villages, and hotels offer private rooms. Find them all in the full list of accommodation.