La Fouly is a mountain village in the Val Ferret. It is an important stop on the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt, especially on the so-called Grande Lui variant over the Col du Grand Lui and further from La Fouly to the Grand-Saint-Bernard Pass. From La Fouly, you can also set out on ski tours to Mont Dolent and the summit of Grand Lui. There are several accommodation options, especially in the mountain lodge Gite d’Étape.
Tours starting from hut
Ski tours around Hut La Fouly
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Fenetre Ferret - H.R. Grande Lui, Day 3 2698 m
La Fouly Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes Switzerland
- Length of ascent11 km
- ascent1330 m
- duration5-7 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦◊◊
The Haute Route Grande Lui variant from Chamonix to Zermatt, also known as the "Haute Route Pure", leads from La Fouly to the Grand Saint Bernard Pass. Overnight accommodation is provided in the hospice of the same name, under conditions similar to those in a mountain hut. The traverse of the slope below the Ferret lakes is particularly prone to avalanches.
- Country
- Switzerland
- Montains
- Walliser Alpen / Alpes valaisannes
- Open (winter)
- December - mid April
- Beds
- 17
- Winterraum
- no
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- accessible by car
- Card Pay
- yes
- Shower
- yes
- Wifi
- yes
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 573627
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 86901
- GPX all tours from the hut
- LaFouly_ALL_skitours.gpx
- Map
- Martigny 282 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 1365 Gd-St-Bernard, Swisstopo 1:25000 1345 Orsières, Swisstopo 1:25000
- Guides
- Ski de randonnée Bas-Valais Die klassischen Skitouren (SAC, deutsch) Les classiques de randonnée à ski (SAC, francais) Walliser Alpen (Rother, deutsch) Haute Route (Rother, deutsch) Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt (JM editions, french)
- Phone (hut)
- +41 275650653
- Phone (valley)
- -
- Cell phone
- +41792933713
- Mobile Signal
- yes
- Web
- gitedelafouly.ch
- info@gitedelafouly.ch
- Owner of hut
- privat
- Avalanche danger
- www.slf.ch
- Weather
- La Fouly 1600 m / meteoblue.com Mont Dolent 3823 m / meteoblue.com Grande Lui 3509 m / meteoblue.com Mont Dolent 3823 m / mountain-forecast.com Grande Lui 3509 m / mountain-forecast.com SRF.ch SRF.ch - La Fouly Meteoschweiz
- Snow report
- Val Ferret - La Fouly, bergfex.ch Val Ferret - La Fouly, snow-forecast.com Val Ferret - La Fouly, onthesnow.com
- Webcams
- Tunnel Gd St Bernard Pays St. Bernard
- Region
- La Fouly Pays St. Bernard Wallis.ch
- Public traffic
- train SBB Bus - Postauto.ch
- Skiresort nearby
- Val Ferret - La Fouly Verbier
- Other links
- Swiss Tourism
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