Mountain refuge Chalet des Rupt Derrière

Here it weighs more traffic than isolation. Chalet des Rupt Derrière , in the surroundings of Ferdrupt and on a road of crest of the Vosgos, it fits above all as a mountain shelter linked to days of liaison and to itineraries that cross the massif with continuity. The closeness of the GR 7 and GR 533 It makes sense within several days, but can also support local turns such as the Ventron Tour or panoramic circuits in the area. In this sector, the direction of the march changes easily between slopes, sections of cords and diversions towards nearby valleys, which conditions both the rhythm and the reading of the ground, especially when long stages are chained.

At a moderate level, 746 meters, it does not function as a high-mountain pyrenian shelter but as a support in half a forest mountain, with broken relief and succession of shoulders, hills and rounded tops like the Tête du Midi . This configuration makes the requirement not only dependent on the accumulated gap, but also on the direction changes and the actual continuity of the chosen itinerary. To plan the day it is necessary to take into account the water logistics: the nearest registered sources are about 3.7 km, a distance sufficient to not have immediate recharge next to the shelter. It is therefore prudent to arrive with autonomy, especially if it is used as an intermediate point between stages or as a basis for moving along the line of crest that links with other paths of the massif.