In the middle of the Bauges massif, at an altitude of 1,354 meters, a completely atypical mountain refuge dating from January 1996 is located on the edge of a cross-country ski trail. Snowy, when the weather permits. Because since the creation of the Creux de Lachat refuge, global warming has changed the landscape. Since 2011, at the head of this establishment: Antoine Puzenat and Laurent Lamotte.
Their common history began in the Bauges. Obviously. It was in 2003, at the cross-country ski center of Saint-François-de-Sales. For several years, they worked together. It was also during this period that they discovered the Creux de Lachat refuge as seasonal workers. “We spent several seasons up there,” say the two…
