Refuge Jean-Antoine Carrel

The mountain hut was named after Jean-Antoine Carrel who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn via the south-west ridge.

Société des guides du Cervin), was inaugurated in 1969 and partially redone after the major landslides that affected this side of the mountain in 2002–2003.

The nearby Capanna Luigi Amedeo di Savoia / Cabane Louis-Amédée de Savoie, built in 1905 by the CAI section of Turin, has been transformed into a museum and moved first to Valtournenche and then, in September 2009, in front of the Italian Matterhorn Guide Company office.

This bivouac was an alternative shelter to the Carrel refuge, and was heavily damaged in the summer of 2003 following a large landslide (the same that caused the fall of the so-called Cheminée).

The last part of the track, despite the presence of fixed ropes, is reserved for experienced mountaineers.