Chalet Alpin du Tour

Chalet Alpin du Tour is a mountain hut (refuge) operated by the Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM), the French Alpine Club federation. It sits at an altitude of 1,466 metres in the Chamonix valley, in the hamlet of Le Tour at the foot of the Tour Glacier, within the Mont-Blanc massif of Haute-Savoie, France. The hut is described by its operators as a small haven of peace away from the crowds of Chamonix, the self-styled capital of alpinism, yet only a few minutes from the town. The chalet is a seasonal facility. According to its official website, it is open only from 1 April until around 30 September each year, and it is closed and inaccessible during the winter; there is no winter room or unstaffed winter shelter. During its open season it is staffed by a guardian (gardien/gardienne). For the 2026 season the guardian is Delphine Lantignac, whose contact details and booking information are published on the official site. Reservations can be made online through the chalet's website, and the site also provides information on access, rates, activities and a guest book. As an FFCAM refuge, the Chalet Alpin du Tour forms part of the federation's network of staffed and unstaffed mountain huts across the French Alps and other mountain ranges. Such huts provide accommodation, meals and a base for hikers, mountaineers and ski tourers. The chalet's location near the Tour Glacier makes it a starting point for glacier walks and climbs in the Tour and Chardonnet sectors of the Mont-Blanc massif. The official site lists the address as 74400 Chamonix and gives a landline telephone number plus a mobile number for pre-opening enquiries. The entity is a commercial hospitality/tourism offering rather than a manufacturing brand: it sells overnight stays and guardian services under the FFCAM banner. Its identity is tied to the place name Le Tour and to the FFCAM trademark and federation structure. The English Wikipedia article on the Refuge alpin du Tour is a stub that simply identifies it as a refuge in the Alps in France, and Wikidata classifies it as a mountain hut in France.

The Chalet Alpin du Tour is a mountain refuge in the French Alps, in the Chamonix valley of Haute-Savoie. It is operated by the Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne (FFCAM), the national federation of French alpine clubs, which runs a large network of mountain huts. The English Wikipedia article on the Refuge alpin du Tour is a stub that identifies it only as a refuge in the Alps in France, and Wikidata describes it as a mountain hut in France; detailed historical records are not provided in the available evidence. The hut takes its name from the hamlet of Le Tour, at the foot of the Tour Glacier in the Mont-Blanc massif. Its official website states that it stands at 1,466 metres and is located in the Pays du Mont-Blanc, in the Chamonix area. The site presents the chalet as a small haven of peace away from the tumult and crowds of Chamonix, the capital of alpinism, while being only minutes from the town. In the 2020s the chalet operates as a seasonal, guardian-staffed refuge. The official homepage states that it is open only from 1 April until around 30 September each year, and that it is closed and inaccessible in winter, with no winter room or unstaffed winter shelter. For the 2026 season the guardian is Delphine Lantignac, and the site provides booking, rates, access and activities information, as well as a guest book. The homepage also gives a landline number (+33 4 50 54 04 16) and a pre-opening mobile number (06 16 24 50 71). As part of the FFCAM network, the chalet serves hikers, mountaineers and visitors to the Tour Glacier sector of the Mont-Blanc massif. Its history is therefore tied to the broader development of French alpine club huts and to the tourism and mountaineering economy of the Chamonix valley.

• Official website lists the chalet at 1,466 m in Chamonix, Pays du Mont-Blanc, at the foot of the Tour Glacier.

• For the 2026 season, Delphine Lantignac is named as guardian, with the hut open from 1 April to 27 September 2026.

A quiet, seasonal FFCAM refuge at the foot of the Tour Glacier, offering an alternative to the bustle of Chamonix while remaining close to it.

• Seasonal mountain hut accommodation

  Overnight stays at 1,466 m, open 1 April to around 30 September; closed and inaccessible in winter with no winter room.

• Online booking

  Reservations can be made via the chalet's official website.

1. 1Accueil, Chalet Alpin du Tourchaletdutour.ffcam.fr
2. 2Refuge alpin du Touren.wikipedia.org
3. 3chalet alpin du Tourwikidata.org