Col de la Vanoise Hut (FFCAM-French Alpine Club)

Name: Apprenti Inuit
Start: 2024-12-21
End: 2025-02-07
Location: Apprenti Inuit

Savoie ()

Pralognan-la-Vanoise Tourist Office

Description

A hut dating from 1902, completely renovated in 2013 and 2018, located on the Col de la Vanoise, a high place of passage, surrounded by prestigious peaks such as the Grande Casse, the Glières, the Aiguille de la Vanoise and the Réchasse. Marmots, Ibex and Chamois are very close.

Tips

Hut located on the GR55 trail loop that circumnavigates the Vanoise Glaciers.
Hut open and staffed from mid-March to early May, reservation required.

Ouverture

From 21/12/2024 to 03/05/2025, daily.
Guarded hut.

From 04/05 to 31/05/2025, every Saturday and Sunday.
Kept on weekends.

From 07/06 to 20/09/2025, daily.
Guarded hut.

Tarifs

From 29/12/2023 to 30/04/2024
Night: 13.25 to 26.50 € (Min price: guides, AMM, BE climbing, caretaker
Max price: adult)
Child rate per night: 14.60 to 21.20 € (Min price: young people aged 8-18 accompanied by an adult
Max price: young people -18 years old)
CAF member rate per night: 6.65 to 13.25 € (Min price: young people 8-24 years old
Max price: adult).

From 01/05 to 31/05/2025
Night: 13.75 to 27.50 € (Min price: guides, AMM, BE climbing, caretaker
Max price: adult)
Child rate per night: 15.15 to 22 € (Min price: young people aged 8-18 accompanied by an adult
Max price: young people -18 years old)
CAF member rate per night: 6.90 to 13.75 € (Min price: young people 8-24 years old
Max price: adult).

Free entry for children < 8 years.
Group rate available for > 9 people.

For all rates and discounts: http://refugecoldelavanoise.ffcam.fr/tarifs.html
Occupancy tax: €0.30 per person over 18 years old and per day.
Cooking your own meals: €3 per person if you do not pay for half-board during periods when the hut is staffed.
Camping: €5 per person. 10 authorized tent spots (reservation required. Send an email to coldelavanoise@gmail.com).
Overnight right when hut is unstaffed: €10/night

Information for when the hut is unstaffed: to improve the conditions at the hut, and to avoid overcrowding, you now need to make a reservation it you would like to spend the night at the Col de la Vanoise Hut. Proof of your reservation will be sent to you.
To make a reservation: https://refugecoldelavanoise.ffcam.fr/reservation-hors-gardiennage.html.

Tax not included.