Refuge Argentière is a famous chalet above the glacier of the same name. The most famous alpine ski mountain above the refuge is Aiguille Argentiére. The mountain hut Refuge Argentière is often the first night on the Haute Route Chamonix - Zermatt. The hut has a nice terrace and a legendary motorcycle on the roof.
Basic
- Country
- France
- Montains
- Massif Mont Blanc
- Open (winter)
- end February - beginning May
- Beds
- 94
- Winterraum
- open, 16 beds
- Shortening of access (cableway, lift, taxi, snowcat...)
- yes, from Argentiére to Lognan or Grands Montets
- Luggage transport
- no
- Card Pay
- no
- Shower
- no
- Wifi
- no
Navigation
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 32T 345356
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 5090017
- GPX access to hut (waipoints, track)
- ArgentiereH_access_Lognan_skitour.gpx
- GPX access to hut (track only)
- ArgentiereH_access_Lognan_TRK.gpx
- Map
- Martigny 282 S, Swisstopo 1:50000 Chamonix 3630, IGN 1:25000
- Guides
- Ski de Randonnée autour du Mont Blanc (JM Editions, francais) Die klassischen Skitouren (SAC, deutsch) Les classiques de randonnée à ski (SAC, francais) Haute Route (Rother, deutsch) Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt (JM editions, french)
- find current conditions and experiences on the spot
- gipfelbuch.ch
Contact
- Phone (hut)
- +33 4 50 53 16 92
- Phone (valley)
- -
- Cell phone
- +33 9 88 77 36 61
- Mobile Signal
- no
- Web
- refugedargentiere.ffcam.fr
- fredzio@orange.fr
- Owner of hut
- CAF - Club Alpin Français
- Reservation
- phone only
Access to Hut
- Start Point
- Lognan (cable car station)
- UTM / CH1903 x ("longitude" E/W)
- 32T 340648
- UTM / CH1903 y ("latitude" N/S)
- 5092588
- Altitude
- 1970 m
- Ascent (height difference)
- 805 m
- Time of Access
- 4-5 h
- Shortening lift
- yes, from Argentiére to Lognan or Grands Montets
Conditions
- Avalanche danger
- Meteo France - Haute Savoie
- Weather
- Refuge Argentière, meteoblue.com Chamonix, snow-forecast.com Chamonix Mont-Blanc / meteofrance.com Aig. Argentiere 3901m / mountain-forecast.com Grands Montets 3295m / mountain-forecast.com Aig. Chardonnet 3824m / mountain-forecast.com Petit Dru 3733m / mountain-forecast.com Grands Montets, meteoblue.com Argentiére, meteoblue.com Vallorcine-Le Tour
- Snow report
- Chamonix - Grands Montets, bergfex.ch Chamonix - Grands Montets, skiresort.info Chamonix, snow-forecast.com Chamonix, onthesnow.com
- Webcams
- Lognan - Grands Montets Chamonix, all webcams
Useful links
- Region
- Chamonix Chamonix Valley accommodation Argentiere
- Public traffic
- Chamonix valley Trains SNFC Buses in the France - timetables
- Skiresort nearby
- Argentiére - Grands Montets (FRA) Le Tour - Vallorcine (FRA)
- Other links
- France Tourism
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Tours starting from hut
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Fenêtre Saleinaz,Day1 H.R. Chamonix-Zermatt 3261 m
Refuge Argentière Massif Mont Blanc France
- Length of ascent4 km
- ascent1060 m
- duration6-8 h
- Fitness difficulty ♦♦♦◊
- Technical difficulty ♦♦♦◊
The first day of the Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt. In the early morning, the descent from Refuge Argentière to the start of the climb to Col Chardonnet saddle. You have to abseil out of the saddle and follow a short descent along the Glacier du Saleinaz. This is followed by a steep ascent to the Fenetre Saleinaz saddle and then over a large area of the glacier Plateau Trient to the mountain hut Cabane Trient.