Refuge de la Selle

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Refuge de la Selle
STD hut
Refuge de la Selle
location Isère department ; Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France ; Valley location:  Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans
Mountain range Pelvoux
Geographical location: 44 ° 58 '57 "  N , 6 ° 14' 56"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '57 "  N , 6 ° 14' 56"  E
Altitude 2673  m
Refuge de la Selle (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Refuge de la Selle
owner Société des Touristes du Dauphiné
Built 1878, 1934, 1948, 1970 and 1995-1997
Construction type hut
Usual opening times Early April to mid May and June to September
accommodation 0 beds, 75  camps
Winter room 16  bearings
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The Refuge de la Selle is a refuge in Pelvoux , in the Devil's Valley , overlooking the Vénéon Valley .

Accesses

The hut can be reached via a path from the hamlet of Prés (1639 m, parish of Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans ) via the Devil's Valley.

history

The Société des Touristes du Dauphiné built a first stone hut with 10 places in 1878. It was replaced in 1934 by a new refuge with 16 places, which is now used as winter accommodation. An outbuilding is added in 1948. The current hut was built in 1970 and expanded from 1995–1997.

Surrounding peaks

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Brève histoire des quatre refuges de la selle. (History of the STD huts). Société des Touristes du Dauphiné, accessed on October 7, 2019 (French).