4 days (3 nights): Tour of Haute Clarée, starting from Névache (Ville Basse)
Your 3 nights · 3 travellers
- Night 1Refuge BuffèreClarée Valley · 2,076 m
- Night 2Refuge du ChardonnetClarée Valley · 2,227 m
- Night 3Refuge LavalClarée Valley · 2,010 m
Dare a night in a refuge
Welcome to the Pays du Thabor
Summer and winter, staffed refuges and gîtes welcome you between the Hautes-Alpes, Savoie and Italy, for one night or for a tour.
Summer and winter, staffed refuges and gîtes welcome you between the Hautes-Alpes, Savoie and Italy: one night at a refuge, or a tour of several days from one refuge to the next.
With your dates, the list shows first the refuges that have places that night.
One massif, two countries
The Pays du Thabor
19 refuges and gîtes around Mont Thabor, in France and Italy.
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- Refuge, up in the mountains
- Gîte, in the village
- Bookable online
- The colour shows the valley
Sleep up high
17 staffed refuges, at the end of the trails.
Sleep in the village
2 gîtes down in the valley.
Multi-day hiking · a refuge every evening
Book your tour in 3 steps
Several days, a different refuge every evening: the tour is booked in one go on refuge.camp, the refuges' booking service.
- 1
Choose your route and your date
On the route page, “Book the tour”: your start date and the number of travellers.
- 2
Your pace, your nights, your options on refuge.camp
When the tour can be done in several ways, you choose your pace; you see the places for each night, then each person's half board and packed lunch.
- 3
The deposit online, the rest at the refuge
Each refuge sets its own deposit; the rest is paid on site, refuge by refuge.
Walking in the Thabor massif.
Comfortable refuges welcome you between the Hautes-Alpes, Savoie and Italy.
Excursions and crossings in the Thabor massif.
In winter on ski touring or snowshoes, in summer on foot or by mountain bike.
Hikes in “Tabor country”
A tour for every mood
From 2 to 17 days, from refuge to refuge: choose a route; if it is bookable online, all its nights are booked in one go.
News
All the news
InitiativeOur efforts to reduce carbon
Dix gardiens de refuges autour du mont Thabor ont fait réaliser leurs bilans carbone par l'entreprise Pauci impacts conseils.
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ShopThe map "Around Thabor"
Essential for preparing your grand tour of the French/Italian Thabor and its variants.
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PracticalLes modalités de bivouac
Les règles incontournables et les services proposés aux randonneurs en bivouac autour de chaque refuge
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Eco-responsible initiative
Our efforts to reduce carbon
What is the carbon footprint of a refuge? The teams of ten refuges around Mont Thabor had theirs assessed by Xavier Pouria, Pauci conseil impacts. Supplies to remote sites, food, waste, energy: everything was scrutinised to see whether the refuges are heading in the right direction!
Access
Access to the Thabor massif
- Hautes-Alpes
Through the Clarée Valley, Hautes-Alpes
From France: railway station in Briançon, then shuttle or taxi.
- Hautes-Alpes
Through the Guisane Valley, Hautes-Alpes
From Briançon, head towards the col du Lautaret. Several possible starting points: col du Granon, Monetier-les-Bains, Pont de l'Alpe.
- Savoie
Through the Maurienne Valley, Savoie
Railway stations in Saint-Michel de Maurienne and Modane (TGV: Paris-Lyon-Saint-Michel de Maurienne-Bardonecchia-Turin).
- Italian border
Via the Vallée Etroite, Hautes-Alpes (on the Italian border)
Railway station in Bardonecchia (TGV: Paris-Lyon-Modane-Bardonecchia-Turin), then shuttle or taxi.