Refuge de la Flégère

At 1877 m at the top of the Chamonix cable car, straight across from the Mer de Glace.

The place

At 1877 m at the top of the Chamonix cable car, on the balcony directly opposite the Mer de Glace and the Aiguille du Dru. The building is functional rather than charming — it shares the site with a lift station — but the position is extraordinary and it is open when things around it are not.

The lift is the point. La Flégère is the easiest place on the Tour to join or leave: you can be here from Chamonix in fifteen minutes. That makes it the standard bail-out if the last day looks poor, the standard shortcut if you are a day behind, and a good base if you want to walk to the Lac Blanc and back without carrying a pack. It books through the Tour portal.

Getting there

Booking

Book on montourdumontblanc.com

This hut sells its beds through the Tour du Mont-Blanc booking portal, so the planner can show you its live availability night by night — and warn you the moment a full night frees up. Every night on the Tour must be booked; there is no walk-in option in season.

Other places to stay nearby

• Refuge du Lac Blanc Refuge · 2352 m
  2.6 km back down the Tour, at 2352 m. Takes its own reservations — contact it directly.

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
• Stage 11: Refuge de la Flégère → Les Houches