Refuge du Glacier Blanc
| Refuge du Glacier Blanc CAF hut |
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| location | Hautes-Alpes department ; Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur , France | |
| Mountain range | Pelvoux | |
| Geographical location: | 44 ° 56 '15.2 " N , 6 ° 24' 41.8" E | |
| Altitude | 2542 m | |
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| owner | Club Alpin Français Briançon section | |
| Built | 1942-1948 | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | Beginning of April to mid-September | |
| accommodation | 0 beds, 131 beds | |
| Winter room | 35 bearings | |
| Hut directory | DAV | |
The Refuge du Glacier Blanc is a refuge of the Club Alpin Français (CAF) in Pelvoux , part of the Dauphiné Alps , at an altitude of 2542 m in the immediate vicinity of the southernmost and westernmost four-thousand- meter peak in the Alps, the Barre des Écrins .
location
Located on the access road to the Refuge des Écrins , serviced in spring and summer , can be reached on foot in two and a half hours from Pré de Madame Carle , where the road leading from Ailefroide ends.
history
In 1862 the British alpinist Francis Fox Tuckett tried unsuccessfully to climb the Barre des Écrins for the first time , accompanied by mountain guides Michel Croz and Peter Perren. On the way they stopped under a boulder in the eruptions of Glacier Blanc . Later mountaineers named this place Hotel Tuckett . The first massive hut was built nearby in 1886, for the construction of which the local mountain guides brought 12 tons of material.
The construction of a larger new building began in May 1942 at a slightly higher location. The building material was carried up from Pré de Madame Carle . After the course of the Second World War had delayed completion, the new refuge was not inaugurated until August 29, 1948.
Ascents
- Montagne des Agneaux (3664 m)
- Pic de Neige Cordier (3614 m)
- Pic du Glacier d'Arsine (3364 m)
- Pointe des Cinéastes (3203 m)
- Dôme de Neige des Écrins (4015 m)
- Roche Faurio (3730 m)
Web links
- FFCAM.fr: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (French)
- Alpenverein.de: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (German)
- Camptocamp.org: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (French)
- Refuges.info: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (French)
- Skitour.fr: Refuge du Glacier Blanc (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ De l'abri sous roche au refuge bois. Parc National des Ecrins, accessed November 29, 2019 (French).
- ^ Exhibition at the Maison de la Montagne in Ailefroide.