Tour du Mont Blanc Refuge Checker

Checks the refuges listed on montourdumontblanc.com for availability. I wrote this because checking for the availability of a hut on the TMB was the next best thing to impossible after November, and so I was left looking for cancellations. I hope this helps you guys too!

And yes, I'm still actively using this right now. So if you could, please stay away from de la Nova and Les Chambres du Soleil on July 11... 😄 Edit: I got the reservation! Whoo!

Please star the repo and start a post in Discussions if this helped you!

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11
• Git

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/Wyko/TMBRefugeChecker.git

Usage

After installing it, just open a terminal (Command Prompt) and type in the appropriate commands. All commands start with montblanc, and you can run montblanc --help to see guidance on how to use it.

>> montblanc list

Found 40 refuges:
32400:   Auberge Gîte Bon Abri
32406:   Auberge Mont-Blanc
32394:   Auberge des Glaciers
32365:   Auberge du Truc
...

>> montblanc check 2024.07.01 32400 Glaciers Abri

!!! Refuge Auberge Gîte Bon Abri has 13 places left on Monday, Jul 01, 2024 !!!
<Beeping Alert Sounds>

>> montblanc check 2024.07.11 nova solei

Auberge-Refuge de la Nova has 0 places left on Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Les Chambres du Soleil has 0 places left on Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Waiting to check availability: 04:57

Planning

This app can also be used to check a full trip's worth of dates. Doing so is easy:

>> montblanc plan day 2024.07.03 "lac blanc"
Added Wednesday, Jul 03, 2024:
  - Refuge du Lac Blanc

>> montblanc plan day 2024.07.11 "de la Nova" Soleil
Added Thursday, Jul 11, 2024:
  - Auberge-Refuge de la Nova
  - Les Chambres du Soleil

>> montblanc plan show
Wednesday, Jul 03, 2024:
  - Refuge du Lac Blanc
Thursday, Jul 11, 2024:
  - Les Chambres du Soleil
  - Auberge-Refuge de la Nova

>> montblanc plan check
Refuge Refuge du Lac Blanc is not yet bookable.
Les Chambres du Soleil has 0 places left on Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Auberge-Refuge de la Nova has 0 places left on Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Waiting to check availability: 04:40

General Note

This script has plenty of caching and rate-limiting built in so we don't flood the website and make them angry. Don't mess with the rate limits, or this will end up broken very quickly.