Góriz Refuge

A night at the base of Monte Perdido

Góriz is the high-mountain refuge of Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, at 2,200 m, in the municipality of Fanlo. It belongs to the Aragonese Mountaineering Federation, which runs it; construction began in 1961 and it is open and staffed every day of the year: in winter there are usually two wardens, and in summer up to nine people look after it. From here you set out before dawn for the summit of Monte Perdido by the normal route, and also for the Cilindro, the Marboré, the Taillón, the Brecha de Rolando or the Casteret ice cave. The GR 11 and the Vuelta al Perdido pass by the door.

You sleep in shared dormitories of several beds, 80 places in all, with a sleeping bag liner or sleeping bag compulsory. The refuge's page on the booking website lists heating, blankets and rest footwear, and there are toilets and hot showers and lockers. It is cold at night even in summer: the federation warns of this when you book. There is no mobile coverage; there is a public telephone, an emergency radio and a first-aid kit.

Eating, paying and when to book

The bar is open from 6:30 to 22:00. Breakfasts from 6:30 to 8:30; lunches from 12:30 to 15:30, with no booking. Dinner is served at 19:30, with a second sitting around 20:30 when needed, and you don't choose the sitting. It is a fixed menu of a starter, a main course with a side and a dessert, with bread and water; tell them when you book about intolerances or if you are ovo-lacto vegetarian, because they do not offer a vegan menu. They prepare packed lunches and have a small shop.

2026 rates for non-federated adults over 14: bed, €28.40; breakfast, €11.50; dinner, €23.50; packed lunch, €16.20. With a card from a federation with a refuge reciprocity agreement, the bed falls to €21.20 and dinner to €20. Under-14s, €14 for the bed. They hire out crampons and ice axes.

You book online only, on the Albergues y Refugios de Aragón website, paying a deposit; the rest is paid there, in cash or by card. Bookings for 2027 open on 6 January, and before that date they do not take requests by email or telephone. You must arrive before 19:00 to confirm your place. If you cancel more than six days ahead, the deposit is refunded minus costs; in the last five days it is lost. Beside the refuge there is a camping area for 50 people, the only one allowed in the Ordesa sector, which can be booked only when there is no room inside: €17.30 per person, with a shower and locker.

Getting there

On foot only. The usual route leaves the Pradera de Ordesa on the GR 11 and climbs by the Gradas de Soaso and the Cola de Caballo: about four hours. In summer, at Easter and over the Pilar bank-holiday weekend, you go up to the Pradera on the Torla bus. In winter the refuge recommends the Soaso pegs, because of the avalanche risk on the zigzag path. From Nerín, over Cuello Arenas, it is about four hours; from Bujaruelo, about six; from Pineta or through Añisclo, six to eight, and these are not recommended in winter.