Dominique Rabot
Dominique Rabot
Description
Located in the Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval nature reserve, this refuge can be reached in 3-4 hours' walk from the Fer-à-Cheval cirque.
Comfortable and ideally located for star trekking or as a stopover on various alpine and wilderness circuits.
telephone: 09 88 28 44 07
- TipsSummits : Le Grand Mont Ruan - Les Dents Blanches occidentales - Les Avoudrues - La Pointe Rousse des Chambres
Day hike:
- Le lac (2001 m), 30mn away, at the foot of the dents blanches: great panorama of the Tenneverge peak.
- Col de Sageroux (2395 m) and Col des Ottans (2500 m): 2h30, border ridge with Switzerland: remarkable view of the Dents du Midi.
- Petit Ruan (2847 m).
- La pointe de Bellegarde (2514 m): 2h30.
Routes :
Alpine and more technical hikes (requiring suitable equipment): Le Grand Mont Ruan (3057m): 4h.
Les Avoudrues (2666m) via Pointe de Bellegarde.
La pointe rousse des Chambres (2660m) via Pas à l'Ours and Vogealette, over 1 or 2 days via the Folly refuge (for experienced hikers).
Rates
Access to the parking lot at the Fer-à-Cheval cirque is subject to a charge all the year.
Payment is made via the pay and display machines installed in the parking lots, or in advance via the Presto park application.
Information available from tourist offices.
Payment is made via the pay and display machines installed in the parking lots, or in advance via the Presto park application.
Information available from tourist offices.
Payment methods
Check
CashCapacity
58 Person(s)
Openings
From 13 June 2026 until 26 September 2026 - Open everyday
Location
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
Environment
Environment
- Mountain location
Access
Access
- The refuge is located on the GR5 variant and on the Via Alpina, on the Tour des Dents Blanches, the Tour du Ruan and the Tour du Haut Giffre.
Nearest village or station: Sixt Fer à Cheval.
Access: Take the direction of the Fer à Cheval site (D907).
After the hamlet of Nambride, park in the spaces provided for this purpose.
- From the Fer à Cheval car park 3.15 hours via the Pas du Boret (overhead passage equipped with cables and handrails), 4 hours via the Fond de la Combe.
Coach parking: at Fer à Cheval.
- Topo guide references: Hiking in the Haut Giffre valley by P. Gain (Edisud)
- IGN maps: TOP 25 - 3530 ET (Samoëns)
