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Welcome to the FFCAM refuge booking portal for the Mont Blanc Normal Route.

Goûter refuge can now be reached at +33 (0)4 23 36 13 93

Booking for the 2025 season is now open to professionals here and for the public here.

Access to the Normal Route of Mont Blanc :

Customers are informed that, by a decision of the Prefecture of Haute-Savoie, you must produce proof of a booking in a refuge, and that police checks may be carried out along the entire route. A reservation voucher, with the customer's name, is generated at the end of the booking process. This voucher is sent by email to the customer. It is also present in the customer's account.

Mont Blanc Tram Train

Reminder :
Trains specially dedicated to mountaineers who plan to climb Mont Blanc via the Goûter normal route will be offered according to the following specific timetables and from the opening date until September 28, 2025 :
- On the way up, 3 trains per day departing from Fayet at 7 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. in short shifts and 7 a.m., 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. in long shifts (from 7/6 to 8/29)
- On the way down, 3 trains per day departing from Nid d'Aigle at 8:10 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 4:10 p.m. in short shift and 8:10 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. in long shift (from 7/6 to 8/29)

Important :
To validate boarding these trains departing from Fayet or Saint-Gervais, mountaineers will have to buy their tickets to Mont Lachat online at www.tramwaydumontblanc.com then present themselves on the big day at the TMB ticket counters in Fayet or in Saint-Gervais to collect a special mountaineer transport ticket for €1.50 with Nid d'Aigle terminus which will be issued to them only on presentation of a reservation at the Mont Blanc normal route refuges

For more information, you can consult the FAQ dedicated to "alpinist trains" here.

REFUGE DU GOÛTER (FFCAM)

Pays du Mont-Blanc
3815 m

45.851060 ; 6.830066 / GPS (WGS 84)
+33 4 23 36 13 93 de 8 h à 17 h

Opening Period
Opening of the refuge to the public on May 25, 2025
Closure of the refuge to the public on October 6, 2025 at 8 a.m.

REFUGE DE TÊTE ROUSSE (FFCAM)

Pays du Mont-Blanc
3165 m

45.854925 ; 6.817477 / GPS (WGS 84)
04 81 91 86 56 de 8 h à 17 h

Opening Period
Opening of the refuge to the public on May 24, 2025
Closure of the refuge to the public on October 5, 2025 at 8 a.m.

REFUGE DU NID D'AIGLE (FFCAM)

Pays du Mont-Blanc
2372 m

45.856047 ; 6.799556 / GPS (WGS 84)
04 50 58 05 78 de 8 h à 17 h

Opening Period
Opening of the refuge to the public on June 2, 2025
Closure of the refuge to the public on Sunday, September 28

Reservations in the Mont Blanc normal route huts (Nid d'Aigle, Tête-Rousse and Goûter refuges) are subject to specific regulations provided for by the prefectural decree (please take some knowledge by downloading it below). It includes a unique reservation system with compulsory entry of the names of the participants in the stay. Since the 2020 season, some changes have been implemented for professionals, please read the press release below.

Press releases

Click on the link below to view the prefectural order establishing the rules applicable to booking refuges on the Mont Blanc normal route:


Arrêté préfectoral du 15 juin 2020

L'actualité des refuges FFCAM 

En juin 2024, des crues torrentielles ont ravagé le village de la Bérarde et rendu impossible l'accès à la vallée du Vénéon. Au-delà des très importants dégâts matériels, cette catastrophe a durablement et profondément impacté l'activité locale et touristique du territoire.

Pour soutenir et participer à la relance de l'activité du territoire, la FFCAM a décidé de maintenir son projet de rénovation du refuge de la Lavey, nécessaire en raison de la vétusté du bâtiment : en faisant un don pour ce refuge, vous participez à la revitalisation de la vallée et à la préservation de ces patrimoines montagnards d'exception que sont les refuges de montagne. Bénéficiez d'une réduction d'impôt égale à 66 % du montant de votre don (dans la limite de 20 % de votre revenu imposable) : un don de 100€ ne vous coûtera que 34€ après réduction fiscale.