4 places · 3 with rooms, 1 camping, 3 with meals on the Clavans-le-Bas → Refuge des Mouterres section of the GR54 Tour des Écrins, in Besse-en-Oisans, Plateau d'Emparis (Mizoën). Phone and WhatsApp numbers are listed so you can book ahead.
Aire de bivouac municipale du Gay
Simple municipal tent area beside the Salce stream, 800 m above Besse on the GR54 towards the Plateau d'Emparis, with showers. About 5.50 EUR per adult.
Gîte d'étape – restaurant L'Écrin du Sarret
Walkers' gîte with a restaurant at Le Sarret, Besse-en-Oisans, on the GR54 about 2 km after Clavans-le-Bas and 6 km before the Mouterres. Useful if you split stage 2 or arrive late.
Private refuge at 2,250 m on the Plateau d'Emparis, 25 places in dorm cabins of 4-5, half board about 56 EUR. It is 15 minutes (about 1 km) off the GR54 on the GR50; closes 15 September and has no winter room.
Chalet-refuge du Fay
Family-owned refuge with 20 places next to the Refuge des Mouterres, about 1 km off the GR54. Open 10 June to 30 September 2026; half board about 54 EUR, cash or cheque only.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "listed by the national park" are on the Écrins National Park or tourist office listing but could not be confirmed on their own website. Refuges on the GR54 Tour des Écrins are usually staffed from mid-June to mid- or late September; book ahead for July and August.
The GR54 Tour des Écrins route works offline in Outest, with these places on the map and a trail guide you can ask about water, weather and the next village.