Refuge de Platé

Accesso

• From Passy:
  By public transport: 6 buses a day leave from the SNCF station in Sallanches and St Gervais and go up to the Plaine Joux resort (in Passy) http://www.sat-montblanc.com/horaire-timetables/ligne-85-sallanches-plateau-d-assy-pleine-joux.aspx
  Shortest way, get off the bus or park at Praz Coutant (in Passy, Plateau d'Assy, on the way to Plaine Joux ski resort), a small car park on a hairpin bend, 2km before Plaine Joux resort. 800m of ascent and maybe 2h30 of walking.
  
  Start early, if you can, as the path is south-facing on white limestone, so it can get very hot in the middle of the day, making the climb harder!
  
  To get there by extending the path :
  - crossing Barmerousse by the chalets and the Varan refuge, about 1200m of ascent and 6h of hiking (the path is not indicated on some IGN maps, but it is very well marked!)
  - crossing the Dérochoir by the Plaine Joux station, about 1100m of ascent and 5h30 of hiking
  
  From Flaine:
  With children: by bus to Flaine (https://en.flaine.com/bus) or by car, of course. You can park for free in car park P2, near Flaine Forum. From the resort centre, at the Flaine Forum level, take the cable car up to the Grandes Platières (900m vertical drop), open from 01/07 to 27/08/23. It's only about 1 hour's walk downhill.
  
  From Sixt:
  by bus to Sixt http://www.sat-annemasse.com/lignes-regulieres/ligne-94-cluses-samoens-sixt-fer-a-cheval.aspx
  or by car, go to the Lignon car park, then start the walk via the chalets and the refuge de Sales and the Col de Portette. It's a 1200m climb and can be a 5h30 hike
  
  From Servoz:
  by train: stop at Servoz, on the St Gervais-Chamonix line, from either the St Gervais TGV station or the Chamonix station. Go up towards the Lac Vert and once in Plaine Joux take the path that goes up to the refuge via Charbonnière. Cedric and Létizia, the caretakers of the Chatelet d'Ayères, have explained it well on their website, and once at the Lac Vert we recommend a short diversions to their restaurant before returning to Plaine Joux or, if you arrive late at night, you can sleep there.