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Refuge du Plan des Gouilles
Description
On a secluded terrace overlooking the Champagny le Haut valley, the Plan des Gouilles refuge welcomes mountaineers (heading for the Grand Bec), hikers (on the Vallaisonnay and Grande Casse tours) and passing guests for the night or just for the day.
Perched at an altitude of 2,347 metres at the foot of the Grand Bec glaciers, the refuge can be reached in 2½ hours on foot from the Bois car park in Champagny-le-Haut, and via several hiking trails that cross the Vanoise.
The refuge has 40 beds (3 dormitories). You can choose between half-board or using the picnic area. It is staffed from June to mid-September and open unstaffed the rest of the year.
During the day, à la carte dining is available.
From Champagny:
- a simple round trip during the day from Le Bois (2½ hours uphill, 1½ hours downhill)
- a day loop via the Méribel chalets from the EDF dam (3½ hours uphill, 2 hours downhill)
- these two itineraries can be extended with a night in a refuge
Basic rates:
Overnight stay - €19 (young people €10.45, children free)
Dinner - €20, Breakfast - €9
Picnic to take away - €10.50
Technical Information
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Additional information
Ranking and capacity
Refuge
Capacity : 40 people
Updated by
Office de Tourisme de la Grande Plagne - 26/02/2026
www.la-plagne.com
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Price(s)
Prices 2024: Night: 20.35 € (Tourist tax included.) Child rate per night: 10.75 € (Young people aged 8 to 18 accompanied by an adult. Tourist tax included.) CAF member rate per night: 4.90 to 10.60 € Breakfast: 9 € Breakfast (child): 9 € Picnic to take away: 11 € Dinner: 22 € Half board (pp): 15 to 51.35 €. Group rate available for > 9 people. The winter refuge is open except the period during which it's guarded. It is now compulsory to reserve a place online on the FFCAM website during the unguarded period: refugeplandesgouilles.ffcam.fr/tarifs.html. Tourist tax included.
Open period
Open every day.
Contact
Phone : 06 08 98 19 02
Email :
refugeplandesgouilles@ffcam.fr
refugeduplandesgouilles@gmail.com
refugeplandesgouilles@ffcam.fr
Website : https://www.refugeduplandesgouilles.fr/
Sustainable tourism
At the Plan des Gouilles refuge, we think about waste management in advance, so as to create as little as possible and dispose of what's left in the recycling garbage cans. We like to use organic products as much as possible, and think about the impact of our own consumption and that of hikers. What we do at home we also do in the summer at altitude.
Tips
When not guarded, the refuge is partially open (28 places) and provides hikers with gas, firewood, blankets...
Host portrait
As a mountain refuge warden, I welcome holidaymakers... what a wonderful job! Every summer is a season rich in encounters. Thanks to you. I hope to inspire as much as you inspire me.
Reception complements
Meal service when the refuge is guarded. See with the keeper.
Animals
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