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Refuges are non-smoking and dogs are not allowed indoors. Quiet is maintained from 2200 and trekkers are asked to vacate the buildings before 0900. However, some trekkers like to go to bed early and rise as early as 0300! Carry a tent and sleeping bag as back-up, and packing a stove and pans avoids queues in the refuge kitchens.

To stay in a refuge, present your booking confirmation to the gardien. If you want to camp, but haven’t made a booking, explain this on arrival. If there is space free in the refuge, or in a hire tent, then it is possible to pay on the spot. If you are given a ticket for camping, or a label to fix to your tent, don’t lose these or you may be asked to pay again. Evening meals should be ordered on arrival, and breakfast generally needs to be ordered the night before. Snack meals and drinks are usually sold throughout the day, and food items can also be purchased from whatever stock is held on the premises.

Bergeries

Apart from the refuges, there are also privately owned bergeries along the way. These are working summer farms and some of them allow camping alongside, or provide hire tents. They also supply anything from basic food and drink to complete meals to passing trekkers. Some bergeries operate small cafés or bar restaurants. Camping and eating at these places costs roughly the same as at the refuges.