Known to Americans as simply: "Gouter Hut", it is laughable to call this wonder of engineering a…read more"hut". It costs nearly 100 USD/night to stay here. (It's worth it. Protip: you can get a hearty discount if you are the member of a mountaineering club, and can prove it) They fly food in via helicopter, and this is included in the price. (we had Salmon) They fly out people with altitude sickness. They sell alcohol! (best beer I ever had was my "arrival beer" here, so crisp, so refreshing!) They can accommodate up to 100 people. The furnishings are the perfect mix of functional, stylish, and minimalist. The beds are comfy! It's nicer than any place I've ever lived in, in the front country! It makes climbing Mt Blanc feel more "cushy vacation" than "miserable slog/sufferfest".

Nice place to grab a bite and a beer and stare out at massive Mont Blanc…read more This refuge is located at the end of the tram, right at the start of a journey to the summit of Mont Blanc. Views are great, and almost no hiking is required. (like many of the views in the great Chamonix area)

Excellent super cute hotel in Chamonix. Great staff. Great…read morevibes. Great food and coffee.

Another fabulous alpine hut in the French alps…read more This is one of the more rickety huts in France, compared to the newer ones (Gouter), but compared to most mountain huts in the US, this one is large and super-deluxe! Soup? Sandwiches? Beer? Yep. A good "bad weather day" idea is to just hike out to this hut, have lunch, and hike back.

Amazing place as others have commented, we've been here multiple times becuase its so cool…read more Entertainment and location at the base of the Materhorn is simply the most amazing. The food also is above the world great... just be patient service is a bit slow... worth it!.

We loved Super G so much that we ate lunch there two days in a row…read more Popped in at noon the first day .. didn't realize we would need a reservation. Thankfully, it didn't get busy until 1300, and the staff quickly sat us and gave us until 1300 to vacate the table. That was plenty of time for us to enjoy a fantastic pasta lunch and a few glasses of the local white. Made a reservation before we left and came back the next day -- our waiter from the day previous remembered the wine we were drinking (when we did not and were having a hard time describing to our new waiter) and saved the day. Seriously a must-do, either the restaurant, grill, cafe, apres Veuve ...

Great views, coffee and resting place. Take the elevator once you get to Punta Helbronner. You…read morecan also see all the trekkers get ready and trek away.