Refuge de l'Orgère

Next to a magnificent forest of conifers (some of them 700 years old), the refuge of the Vanoise National Park welcomes all publics (especially the motor and visual handicapped) and informs them about the national park. It is a stage of the GR5.

Description

Catering: local family cuisine: pormoniers, farçon, Savoyard rabbit and potée, garden vegetables.

Activities offered by the Vanoise National Park every summer.

During the guarding season: access to a hors sac area.

Bivouac: capacity for 20 people (15 tents), only during the summer season, by reservation (€5/person).

Equipment

• Off-limits room
• Common sanitary facilities
• Restaurant
• Coach parking
• Waste management

Complementary welcome

Approval from the Savoie departmental education service for the reception of school children.

Comfort

• Wood at disposal
• Kitchen area
• Shower
• Paying showers

Environments

• In the mountains
• G.R. Itinerary within 1 km

Rates

From 01/10/2023 to 31/05/2024
Overnight stay: from €5 to €12 (payment after the event on the https://paiementrefugenongardeparcnational.vanoise.com/ platform).

From 01/06 to 30/09/2024
Overnight stay: from €12 to €21 (rates for one night without half-board).

Methods of payment

• Check
• Species

Good plans

Summits : Aiguille Doran 2990 m - Rateau d'Aussois 3000 m.
Day hike : Nature trail of Orgère (2 h the loop) - Lac de la Partie (4h30 round trip) - Col du Barbier (3h45 round trip).

Opening period

From 01/06 to 30/09, every day.

From 01/10 to 31/05, every day.
Unguarded refuge. At your disposal: dormitory, blankets, heating, cooking and dishes.

Spoken languages

• French

Adapted tourism

• Adapted services for the visually impaired
• Wheelchair accessible with assistance
• Accessible entrance
• WC + grab bar + circulation space
• Shower with seat + circulation space
• Circulation space on the side of the bed
• Possibility to drop someone off in front of the site

Labels

• Tourism and disability

Location

Nearest village or station: Villarodin-Bourget - Modane SNCF.
Walking time from the nearest parking lot: From the hamlet of Amodon 1h 30. From Modane train station 2h 30.
Possible access by car.
Access by path.
Handicapped access: A nature trail is being developed for the blind and visually impaired.
Coach parking.

Documents

• The recipe for bivouacking in the Vanoise region

Animals

Animals accepted : Yes

Animals accepted with supplement : No

Tips and suggestions

• Summits : Aiguille Doran 2990 m - Rateau d'Aussois 3000 m.
  Day hike : Nature trail of Orgère (2 h the loop) - Lac de la Partie (4h30 round trip) - Col du Barbier (3h45 round trip).