Real-time accommodation availability in our app

Updated 10th September 2025 for the 2026 season module.

As part of our acquisition of TMB Planner, we’ve integrated technology into our app to check bed availability for mountain huts. At time of launch, we focused on incorporating the existing TMB Planner accommodation scope for the Tour du Mont Blanc trail, however, we’ve now extended the same technology to other popular trails where accommodation is challenging for DIY planners to find, such as Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites and the newest trail, the West Highland Way in Scotland.

What type of accommodation can we provide availability data for?

The scope of mountain huts is limited to those which list their availability online. We can not provide availability data for mountain huts that do not list their availability online, for example, those properties requiring bookings to be made via phone, email, or submitting an online form.

In our accommodation database, we also have many more accommodation types along the trail, such as hotels, campgrounds and bivouac locations. Where an accommodation location lists their availability online, such as hotels, we have an ongoing initiative to integrate their availability data into our app. For the 2025 season, we were able to display available beds for ~150 properties - for the 2026 season, we're working to bring in even more.

Please note: Some properties are easier to connect with than others, and they usually need to list their availability online before we can confirm an integration with them. You can see a list of properties below that we can show live availability for, and others that we are working to integrate.

what type of accommodation can’t we provide availability data for?

If the accommodation location is one of the following, there is no availability data that we can provide you;

• Bivouac or wild camping locations

• Campgrounds that don’t accept/need bookings

• Accommodation that don’t list their availability online

• A general accommodation location rather than being for a specific property

PROPERTIES WITH LIVE AVAILABILITY

• Tour du Mont Blanc

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Chalet CAF des Contamines

  • Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme

  • Chamonix Lodge

  • Vert Lodge Chamonix

  • Albert Premier Hut

  • Chalet CAF du Tour

  • Robert Blanc

  • Refuge du Col de Balme

  • Refuge Lac Blanc

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Refuge de la Nova

  • Auberge des Glaciers

  • Auberge du Truc

  • Auberge la Grande Ourse

  • Gite Le Moulin

  • Gite d'Alpage Les Ecuries de Charamillon

  • Auberge la Boerne

  • Chalet Les Meandres (ex Tupilak)

  • Cabane Combal

  • Refuge Le Peuty

  • Gite Les Melezes

  • Gite Michel Fagot

  • Gite le Randonneur du Mont Blanc

  • Gite Bon Abri

  • La Ferme a Piron

  • Les Chambres du Soleil

  • Gite le Pontet

  • Hotel Chalet Val Ferret

  • Auberge du Mont-Blanc

  • Refuge des Mottets

  • Refuge du Fioux

  • Refuge Nant Borrant

  • Hotel Lavachey

  • Refuge de la Balme

  • Rifugio Maison Vieille

  • Auberge de Maya-Joie

  • Hotel Col de la Forclaz

  • Chalet Le Dolent

  • Refuge des Pres

  • Chalet La Grange

  • Gite Alpage de La Peule

  • Relais d'Arpette

  • Rifugio Bertone

  • Gite de la Fouly

  • Rifugio Monte Bianco

  • Hotel Edelweiss La Fouly

  • Pension en Plein Air

  • Gite de La Lechere

  • Hotel du Col de Fenetre

  • Hotel Funivia

  • Gite Mermoud

  • Refuge la Roselette

  Plus over 20 properties in the villages along the trail

• Walkers Haute Route

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Cabane de la Barmaz

  • Chamonix Lodge

  • Vert Lodge Chamonix

  • Refuge du Col de Balme

  • Refuge Lac Blanc

  • Cabane de Louvie

  • Cabane de Prafleuri

  • Cabane des Dix

  • Cabane de Moiry

  • Turtmannhutte

  • Cabane Brunet

  • Topalihutte

  • Taschhutte

  • Cabane FXB Panossiere

  • Cabane de Mille

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Auberge la Grande Ourse

  • Gite Le Moulin

  • Gite d'Alpage Les Ecuries de Charamillon

  • Auberge la Boerne

  • Refuge Le Peuty

  • Gite Bon Abri

  • Auberge du Mont-Blanc

  • Hotel Col de la Forclaz

  • Chalet La Grange

  • Relais d'Arpette

  • Pension en Plein Air

  • Gite Mermoud

  Plus some additional properties in villages

• Alta Via 1 Dolomites

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Rifugio Scotoni

  • Rifugio Col Gallina

  • Rifugio Scoiattoli

  • Rifugio Averau

  • Rifugio Nuvolau

  • Rifugio Passo Duran

  • Rifugio Biella

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Refuge de la Nova

  • Rifugio Fodara Vedla

  • Rifugio Pederu

  • Rifugio Fanes

  • Rifugio Lavarella

  • Rifugio Lagazuoi

  • Rifugio Croda da Lago

  • Rifugio Passo Staulanza

  • Rifugio Adolfo Sonino Al Coldai

  • Rifugio Attilio Tissi

  • Rifugio Mario Vazzoler

  Plus some additional properties in villages

• West Highland Way

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Ashbank B&B

  • Braeside Guest House

  • Shandon Farmhouse

  • Balmaha Bunkhouse

  • MacDonald Hotel & Cabins

  • Forest View Guest House

  • West Highland Way Lodge

  • Bank House Guesthouse

  • Greenstone Lodge B&B

  • Inversnaid Bunkhouse

  • Inversnaid Hotel

  • Craigbank Guest House

  • Glenardran House guest house

  • Ardess Lodge & Ben Lomond Bunkhouse

  • Ossians Hotel

  • The Drovers Inn

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Crianlarich Youth Hostel

  • Glencoe Youth Hostel

  • Rowardennan Lodge Youth Hostel

  • Glen Nevis Youth Hostel

  • Kingshouse Hotel and Bunkhouse

• Bernese Oberland Traverse

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Berghaus Alpiglen

  • Bluemlisalphuette SAC

  • Brochhuette SAC

  • Glecksteinhuette

  • Gspaltenhornhuette SAC

  • Rotstockhuette

  • Berghaus Baeregg

  • Berghaus Maenndlenen

  • Lobhornhuette

• Tour des Combins

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Cabane FXB Panossiere

  • Rifugio Champillon

  • Cabane de Louvie

  • Cabane de Mille

  • Cabane Brunet

  • Cabane de Chanrion

  • Great St. Bernard hospice

  • Mont-Joux Auberge

  • Rifugio Frassati

  • La Tsissette Hut

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Auberge des Glaciers

  • Hotel Mont Lac

  • Hotel du Glacier Champex

  • Auberge de Maya-Joie

  • Chalet Le Dolent

  • Gite de la Fouly

  • Hotel Edelweiss La Fouly

  • Pension en Plein Air

  • Gite de La Lechere

  • Hotel du Col de Fenetre

• Tour of Monte Rosa

  Confirmed Integration (2026)

  • Britannia Hut

  • Albergo Ristoro Sitten

  • Topalihutte

  • Taschhutte

• Alta Via 2 Dolomites

  Planned Integration (2026)

  • Rifugio Puez (CAI)

Should I get an Alpine Club membership for the Tour of Monte Rosa?

The Tour of Monte Rosa travels through Switzerland and Italy.

If you are a member of one of the respective alpine clubs, you get discount on accommodation at their mountain huts. Unless you plan to stay exclusively in alpine club mountain huts, it is not usually worthwhile getting membership only for the hike. Here are the details on each alpine club membership:

Britanniahutte

SWISS ALPINE CLUB MEMBERSHIP

The Swiss Alpine Club has a membership program that provides discounts to their mountain huts. Membership is from 80 CHF and is open to non-Swiss citizens. For full details click here. The huts along the Tour of Monte Rosa that are owned by the Swiss Alpine Club include: Britanniahutte.

ITALIAN ALPINE CLUB MEMBERSHIP

The Italian Alpine Club has a membership program that provides discounts to their mountain huts. Membership is from 45€ and is open to non-Italian citizens. For full details click here. The huts along the Tour of Monte Rosa that are owned by the Italian Alpine Club include: Rifugio Teodulo, Rifugio Crespi-Calderini, Rifugio Pastore, Rifugio Oberto.

Rifugio Teodulo

Rifugio Pastore

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plan and navigate your ultimate Tour of Monte Rosa adventure

2023 Trail Updates

We complete a “Break The Trail” journey to provide the first trail report for the key legendary trails in the Alps - Tour du Mont Blanc, Walker’s Haute Route and Tour of Monte Rosa. We share these updates with thousands of hikers that travel to the Alps each year for their epic bucket list hikes. This information is particularly valuable for early-season hikers to understand the latest snow conditions, route detours, and gear recommendations. This year, our program is bigger and better, giving you updates across multiple channels throughout June. Check it out!

Our 2023 TRAIL UPDATE PROGRAM

This year our program will consist of 3 key elements:

• Break The Trail updates via social, website and email

• Live Webcast from Chamonix and Zermatt

• 2023 Trail Ambassadors

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2023 Break the trail

Early season conditions can vary dramatically from year to year. June 2019 was a particularly çhallenging season with significant snow on high mountain passes throughout June

~ Col de la Seigne, Italy (Tour du Mont Blanc)

We will kick off our 2023 trail updates from Chamonix, starting at the end of May. Each day we will share updates including snow conditions, route detours, transport updates and gear recommendations. Our focus is on the conditions on the mountain passes, peaks and difficult trail sections, as this is where the most uncertainty exists.

Usually, we would do a continuous journey covering big daily distances and elevations. But this year, we’ve come up with a different format that still takes us to all the necessary places whilst keeping life fun and manageable with our 1 and 3 year old daughters! Therefore, we’ll be taking 3 weeks to complete all 3 trails. Tag teaming, taking transport, and trail running where needed to check out all the passes and key routes. No doubt it will be a comedy :)

Follow us on social to get real-time trail updates

• Tour du Mont Blanc: Instagram / Facebook

• Walker’s Haute Route: Instagram / Facebook

• Tour of Monte Rosa: Instagram / Facebook

live webcast: chamonix & zermatt

From the start of the Tour du Mont Blanc, to the end of the Walker’s Haute Route and the mid-point of the Tour of Monte Rosa. Join us for live trail updates!

This year, in addition to our daily trail updates on social media, we will be hosting free webcasts live from the Alps throughout June. Join us to learn about the latest trail updates, snow conditions, route detours (if any) and gear recommendations. We will share latest photos and descriptions of key mountain passes and difficult trail sections, for our 3 legendary trails - Tour du Mont Blanc, Walker’s Haute Route and Tour of Monte Rosa.

WATCH Session 1: Sunday June 4th from Chamonix, France

WATCH Session 2: Friday June 23rd from Zermatt, Switzerland

trail ambassadors

Hiking in June or July? Keen to share updates from your epic journey with your fellow hikers? Come on board!

📷: Shout out to Sanna, one of our 2021 trail ambassadors.

UPDATE: APPLICATIONS CLOSED FOR 2023

35 ambassadors took part in our 2023 program.

What will you do?

As a trail ambassador, you will provide “live from the trail” content about trail conditions, route updates, and memorable experiences. This content will be shared with The Hiking Club community to keep fellow hikers up-to-date, including:

• Tour du Mont Blanc (Instagram)

• Walker’s Haute Route (Instagram)

• Tour of Monte Rosa (Instagram)

In return, you’ll receive exclusive swag to rock on all your hiking (and non-hiking!) adventures!

Who are we looking for?

Hikers who are completing one of the below trails during June and July 2023;

• Tour du Mont Blanc

• Walker’s Haute Route

• Tour of Monte Rosa

• Alta Via 1 (Dolomites)

What is the time commitment?

• Kick off session: To ensure we set you up for success, there will be a 30 min briefing session in May/June (depending on your start date)

• During your hike: Share your trail updates and photos via Whatsapp or email (max 15 mins per day)

Does this sound like you? Get it touch to find out more. We’re excited to bring you on board!

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Did you know that we’ve been doing Break The Trail since 2019? Read about how our project has evolved over this time.

2019 Early Season Conditions

In 2019, we completed 486 km / 302 mi, with over 30,000m of elevation gain and loss, over 18 hiking days.

There was significant snow on high mountain passes that resulted in detours, additional gear and the help of transport to complete the journey!

Read the full 2019 trip report

2020 EARLY SEASON CONDITIONS

June was a quiet month due to COVID-19 uncertainty and travel restrictions preventing many early season hikers from reaching the trail. This led to less information being shared online about the trail making it hard to get a sense for how rapidly the snow was melting and conditions improving.

We were able to enter France on 1st July (the day the borders opened!) and quickly got on the trails to check them out.

In general, the conditions were excellent but there was still a few sections with challenging snow cover and accommodation options that were closed for the season.

Read the full 2020 TMB trip report.

2021 EARLY SEASON CONDITIONS

Unfortunately COVID travel restrictions prevented us from travelling to the Alps this year 😭 With the help of our trail ambassadors (Sanna, Alia, Bruno, Alistair and Tui) we were still able to share trail updates to the community.

A cold and snowy May made for some difficult early-season hiking conditions. While a spell of warm weather in early June is causing the snow to rapidly melt, it will still take a few weeks before the trail is completely snow-free. The late snow and warm weather are also causing wet slide avalanches to come down throughout the Alps.

Read the full 2021 trip report for TMB and WHR.

2022 EARLY SEASON CONDITIONS

In general, the conditions for this time of year were exceptional. The amount and depth of snow were much less than in typical years. Most people were saying 4-6 weeks ahead of a typical season. Microspikes and poles are recommended for anyone hiking in June to support snow crossings. There were a number of disruptions to transport this season that may affect hikers, including: Le Tour gondola closed, Le Chable closed in June, and Grimentz cable car closed.

Read the full 2022 trip report.