5
September – zero day
We had accommodation problems. The guide
books said no problem finding lodging just one day before but they are quite
wrong on this point.
There was no vacancy at least for 3
subsequent days at our planned second next stop Refuge Elisabetta which is the only
one in the area as far as we knew. Probably to get rid of Ferda’s emails and
phone calls the guy at Refuge Elisabetta told her that there is another refuge,
Cabane du Combal, just next door which had been opened very recently. (It
turned out that next door was about 4.5 km and 200 meters lower in elevation!) We
could find room in the new refuge but one day later than we scheduled. What to
do? We had to spend an extra day in Les Contamines. Hotel was good, we needed
time to make reservation calls and anyway it rained all day…
Another accommodation problem was about the
next stop, Les Chapieux. There is only one refuge and one small hotel in Les
Chapieux and there were no vacancies in neither of them. Ferda located an Airbnb
place in Bourg Saint Maurice, some 15 km from Les Chapieux. Fortunately the
owner was willing to transport us for a reasonable fee.
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