Refuge de l'Orgère

Nestled in a magnificent coniferous forest (some 700 years old), the Vanoise National Park refuge welcomes all types of visitors (including the motor and visually impaired) and provides information about the national park. It is a stopover on 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

• Private room
• Shared sanitary facilities
• Restaurant
• Coach parking
• Waste management

Additional welcome

Approval from the Savoie Departmental Education Service to welcome schoolchildren.

Comfort

• Wood available
• Kitchen area
• Shower
• Showers for a fee

Environments

• In the mountains
• G.R. route less than 1 km away

Rates

From 01/10/2023 to 31/05/2024
Overnight stay: from €5 to €12 ((payment afterwards 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).

Payment methods

• Check
• Species

Good plans

Summits : Aiguille Doran 2990 m - Rateau d'Aussois 3000 m.
Day hikes: Sentier Nature de l'Orgère (2 h loop) - Lac de la Partie (4h30 return) - Col du Barbier (3h45 return).

Opening period

From 01/06 to 30/09, daily.

From 01/10 to 31/05, daily.
Unguarded hut. Available: dormitory, blankets, heating, cooking equipment and crockery.

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 area
• Circulation space on the side of the bed
• Possibility of dropping someone off in front of the site

Labels

• Tourism and disability

Location

Nearest village or station: Villarodin-Bourget - Modane SNCF.
Walking time from nearest parking lot: From the hamlet of Amodon 1h 30. From Modane station 2h 30.

Access possible with line 1 (Modane - Valfréjus - La Norma - Polset - Orgère). Download the timetable here: https://www.valfrejus.com/commerce-et-service/ligne-1-modane-valfrejus-la-norma-lorgere-redoute-marie-therese-modane/

Access by car.
Access by footpath.
Disabled access: A nature trail for the blind and partially sighted is currently being developed.
Coach parking.

Documents

• The recipe for bivouacking in the Vanoise region

Animals

Pets allowed : Yes

Pets allowed with supplement: No

Tips and suggestions

• Summits : Aiguille Doran 2990 m - Rateau d'Aussois 3000 m.
  Day hikes: Sentier Nature de l'Orgère (2 h loop) - Lac de la Partie (4h30 return) - Col du Barbier (3h45 return).