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…
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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.

1,459 m
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…
1,935 m
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…

1,706 m
©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…

1,520 m
©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…

1,700 m
©La Balme · TMB km 24.6
Official bivouac area of the nature reserve, on a grassy slope about a hundred metres north-west of the La Balme…