Argentière

A proper village at 1252 m with shops, restaurants, a train station and buses to Chamonix.

The place

A proper village at 1252 m: shops, restaurants, a pharmacy, a railway station and buses every twenty minutes into Chamonix. It sits about a kilometre below the trail, which is a short detour for what is, at this stage of the Tour, a considerable amount of civilisation.

Most walkers pass above it on the balcony without going down. Go down if you need to resupply properly, replace something that has broken, or eat a meal you choose yourself. The Grands Montets cable car is here too, and the glacier viewpoint at the top is one of the great short excursions in the Alps if you have a spare afternoon or the weather has stopped play on the balcony.

Getting there

Booking

This stop is not on the Tour du Mont-Blanc booking portal — it takes its own reservations, so there is no live availability for it in the planner. Contact it directly, early: the well-known ones fill months ahead.

Other places to stay nearby

• Auberge la Boërne Auberge · 1395 m
  1.1 km back down the Tour, at 1395 m. Bookable on the Tour du Mont-Blanc portal, so the planner shows its availability night by night.
• Chalet Alpin du Tour (FFCAM) Chalet · 1466 m
  3.0 km back down the Tour, at 1466 m. Bookable on the Tour du Mont-Blanc portal, so the planner shows its availability night by night.
• Gîte Mermoud Gîte · 1300 m
  5.2 km back down the Tour, at 1300 m. Bookable on the Tour du Mont-Blanc portal, so the planner shows its availability night by night.
• Gîte Saint Louis Gîte · 1300 m
  6.0 km back down the Tour, at 1300 m. Bookable on the Tour du Mont-Blanc portal, so the planner shows its availability night by night.

For when this stop is full. These book themselves and are not on the Tour du Mont-Blanc portal — contact each directly and confirm before you rely on it.

Stages passing this stop

• Stage 10: Tré-le-Champ → Refuge de la Flégère