Refuge du Plan (ou du Verneil)

The place

Sleeping spots: 10 Spots on mattress: 10 Unstaffed refuge, always open, with around ten spots and firewood. - An axe but no saw - A stove - a gas cooker... without gas - a fountain in front of the door Often frequented by hunters (who originally built it) Phone network: Some say it works with Orange, otherwise you need to move about sixty meters west up the small grassy knoll, from the top of which you get a view over the Huile valley side, with a modest but usable (Orange) signal. La Rochette then le Mollier then la Grande Biole. Follow the mountainside toward the Pointe du Rognier. Or 1h50 from the Prodin parking lot, heading east, via forest tracks. There's a trail (not marked on IGN top25 maps) that joins the chalet de la Grande Montagne du Verneil, below. Open year-round, municipality of Verneil