Refuge de La Lavey

Rooms

The Refuge de La Lavey has 44 sleeping places in the summer season, spread over three dormitories with mattresses, pillows and comforters. The dormitories vary in size and are allocated in such a way that families and groups of alpinists with their different wake-up times are accommodated as separately as possible. Simple lounges and a terrace offer space for eating and sitting together. There are no showers; the nearby mountain stream, which offers refreshing bathing opportunities in summer, is used for personal hygiene. Outside of the manned period, there is usually a winter room with around 20 beds in a single dormitory, equipped with mattresses and blankets, but without water, gas, heating or sanitary facilities. The hut bears the "Refuges en famille" label and is therefore particularly suitable for visits with children, as long as it is open. Payment is made on site with cash, cheques or chèques-vacances, bank or credit cards are not accepted. Electricity, simple lighting and mobile phone reception are available, and WLAN is also available during the serviced period. Due to ongoing renovations, the building is currently completely closed; reservations are not possible during this phase. The official contact for queries is the Refuge de La Lavey, 38520 Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, telephone 07 89 05 66 71.

Food and drink

When the hut is manned, the day starts with a breakfast buffet with home-baked sourdough bread, muesli, local jams, juices and coffee. At lunchtime, hearty plates of quiche, salads from the garden, soups and a hot dish that changes daily are served. In the evening, there is a soup, a full main course with or without meat, cheese from the Bauges and a dessert. The food is cooked almost exclusively with organic and regional products; many vegetables and herbs come from the hut's vegetable garden. A particular specialty is the slowly braised lamb with home-made confit lemons and summer vegetables.

Sleeping beds

Address

Refuge de La Lavey
38520 Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions

From the parking lot in the hamlet of Champhorent (around 1580 m), a marked mountain trail leads to the Refuge de La Lavey in around 2 hours and around 380 meters in altitude. First descend from the parking lot to the Vénéon, cross it on a characteristic stone arch, follow the path out of the valley on the opposite side and continue up the Vallon de la Muande until the hut appears on an alpine terrace.

Parking

The most common route by car is via Grenoble and Bourg-d'Oisans on the D530 into the Vénéon valley as far as the small hamlet of Champhorent. There are public parking spaces at an altitude of around 1580 m, directly above the Vénéon; the marked ascent to the Refuge de La Lavey starts from here. If the road is impaired, the Clôt parking lot further down the valley and shuttle buses are sometimes used, so it is worth checking the latest information from the municipality of Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, the Parc national des Écrins or the refuge itself before setting off.

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