Albert Premier Hut

About

The Albert-Ier refuge (Albert-Premier refuge) is a refuge in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.

The brothers Julien and Anatole Caillot of Saint-Sauveur made the first refuge from August 16 to 24, 1930. They received the congratulations of King Albert I of Belgium, who inaugurated it on 30 August 1930 and gave it his name. Albert I died four years later, on February 17, 1934, of a fall of climbing in Marche-les-Dames, near Namur in Belgium. In 1935, the shelter was enlarged. However this is not enough, the present large stone shelter is built near the first building. This new ensemble was inaugurated on July 12, 1959. At the end of the twentieth century, however, the stone refuge was no longer sufficient. In addition to increasing attendance, it is one of the few high-mountain refuges that are very accessible for hiking and giving access to races of all levels. At the end of 2012, a rehabilitation project was started to renovate and expand the stone shelter. The construction site spans two years per slice given the difficult weather conditions at altitude. The new refuge, completed in July 2014...