Situated at an altitude of 2,100 metres, about a three-hour walk from the village of Lourtier, Cabane Brunet is open from mid-December to mid-April and again from the mid-June to the mid-October.
During the summer months, the hut is accessible by car or by bus and is the ideal starting point for exploring the area. The current caretaker is particularly keen to make your stay at the Cabane Brunet a truly memorable one. He will be happy to go into the kitchen and prepare you some local specialities for which he has the secret recipes, or tell you everything he knows about the surrounding mountains, their fauna and flora. This cosy, traditional refuge also provides overnight accommodation in a dormitory, and includes dinner and breakfast.
A short history :
The Marcel Brunet hut, its full name, was originally built in 1930 and honours the memory of the former president of the Geneva Mountain Federation, who died in an avalanche in 1928. The hut too was swept away by an avalanche in 1937 and was rebuilt in 1942 on the alpine pasture Sery.