How to reach the tourist office?
From 14/06 to 27/09/2025 daily.
Picnic to take away: 15 €
Half board (pp): 50 €
Half-board (child): 35 €.
Access to the parking lot at the Fer-à-Cheval cirque is subject to a charge all the year.
Payment is made via the pay and display machines installed in the parking lots, or in advance via the Presto park application.
Information available from tourist offices.
Located in the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval nature reserve, this refuge can be reached in 3-4 hours' walk from the Fer-à-Cheval cirque.
Comfortable and ideally located for star trekking or as a stopover on various alpine and wilderness circuits.
- Waste management
- Renewable energy (photovoltaic)
Summits : Le Grand Mont Ruan - Les Dents Blanches occidentales - Les Avoudrues - La Pointe Rousse des Chambres
Day hike:
- Le lac (2001 m), 30mn away, at the foot of the dents blanches: great panorama of the Tenneverge peak.
- Col de Sageroux (2395 m) and Col des Ottans (2500 m): 2h30, border ridge with Switzerland: remarkable view of the Dents du Midi.
- Petit Ruan (2847 m).
- La pointe de Bellegarde (2514 m): 2h30.
Routes :
Alpine and more technical hikes (requiring suitable equipment): Le Grand Mont Ruan (3057m): 4h.
Les Avoudrues (2666m) via Pointe de Bellegarde.
La pointe rousse des Chambres (2660m) via Pas à l'Ours and Vogealette, over 1 or 2 days via the Folly refuge (for experienced hikers).
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