The Refuge du Montenvers hosts seminars of up to 90 people in its meeting room and events of up to 120 guests, with 18 bedrooms for groups who stay overnight. The historic hotel stands at 1,913 meters on the Mont Blanc massif above Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, looking straight down onto the Mer de Glace glacier.
Seminars and company events
The Salle Mer de Glace is the hotel's meeting room. It covers 88 square meters, has natural light and a 360-degree view of the surrounding peaks, and comes with a screen, a projector, notepads, pens and mineral water. A bar area on the ground floor serves the breaks. The hotel builds programs around the setting: team-building, sports and cultural activities in summer and winter, guided outings onto the glacier, and evening talks with the glaciologist Luc Moreau. For an executive committee or a sales team, the altitude and the isolation once the last train has gone down make a clear break from the office.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel has a weddings and events offer for private celebrations. The Restaurant du Montenvers seats up to 120 guests indoors, which sets the size of a seated wedding dinner or a private party.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle Mer de Glace takes 90 people theatre-style, 60 in a classroom layout, 42 in cabaret, 36 around a U-shape and 80 for a standing cocktail. The Restaurant du Montenvers seats up to 120 people, and Le Panoramique Mer de Glace seats up to 45. The hotel sets 120 guests as the largest event size.
Accommodation
The hotel has 18 rooms with a total of 59 beds, so a group can stay on site, with several people sharing in some rooms. The rooms reuse period furnishings, such as old wooden fireplaces turned into bookcases.
Catering
Two restaurants and a snack bar serve the site. The Restaurant du Montenvers occupies the historic hotel building, Le Panoramique Mer de Glace looks over the glacier, and the Bar des Glaciers handles quick meals and drinks. Seminar meals and breaks are served on site.
History and setting
The hotel opened in 1880 as one of the first mountain hotels of the Mont Blanc massif. The red cog railway that climbs to Montenvers has run since 1908, and the ice cave in the glacier below was opened in 1992 by two mountain guides. Today the hotel faces the Mer de Glace, the Drus and the Grandes Jorasses.
Getting there
The Montenvers cog railway leaves from Chamonix, next to the main train station, and runs in summer and winter. Hiking trails also lead up to the hotel in season. Geneva Airport is the nearest international airport.
