Less than two weeks after taking the historic decision to close the Tête Rousse and Goûter huts, the main ones on Mont Blanc, the mayor of St-Gervais, J-M. Peillex, announced that they would reopen next Saturday, August 20. This decision was taken following the reconnaissance carried out by the guides of St-Gervais, and makes the normal route of the Mont Blanc more accessible again.
The end of the heat wave is the reason given by Jean-Marc Peillex to announce this Wednesday the reopening of the Tête Rousse and Goûter refuges, the two refuges located on the normal route of Mont Blanc. Following two months of heat and important rock falls in mid-July, the mayor of St-Gervais had decided to close in early August the two refuges for which he is responsible. In his press release, the mayor said he “asked the guides of the St-Gervais Val Montjoie company