Its banned. It's been banned for a while, but i've heard that in the last couple of years they now employ someone to check that no one bivvys between the tete rouse and gouter huts. Walkers also turned away during the day if they are headed up to the gouter hut without a reservation.
This is all gossip from friends who have done the route- i havnt been up it.
there is a guy from the rescue services with the list of people who booked either Tete-Rousse or Gouter that day. He is checking everyone , if you do not have a booking , you can't go up . So no camping . He was standing at Les Houches and he was checking everyone who looked like a climber. He also went with everyone up to Nid d'Aigl where he was checking everyone again as some people didn't use the cablecar but they went by foot. It is quite very strict.
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