Capanna Corno Gries
| Capanna Corno Gries SAC mountain hut |
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 Corno Gries Hut SAC |
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| Mountain range | Ticino Alps | |
| Regions | Lepontine Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 674 613 / 146651 | |
| Altitude | 2338 m above sea level M. | |
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| owner | SAC - Section Rossberg | |
| Built | Built in 1927, expanded in 2007 | |
| Construction type | Mountain hut | |
| Usual opening times | Summer: late June to early October, winter: over New Year's Eve, March to late April | |
| accommodation | 50 beds | |
| Winter room | 9 bearings | |
| Web link | Capanna Corno Gries | |
| Hut directory | SAC | |
The Capanna Corno Gries (also Capanna Corno-Gries , dt. Corno Gries Hütte ) is a mountain hut of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and property of the Rossberg section in Zug . The hut is named after the Grieshorn (Italian Corno Gries). It was inaugurated in 1927 and expanded in 2007.
description
The hut is located at an altitude of 2338 m in Val Corno, northeast of the Grieshorn and above the Nufenenpass road . It is located above the Alpe di Cruina and the village of All'Acqua in the municipality of Bedretto in the upper Bedretto valley in the canton of Ticino .
The hut was built in 1927, enlarged in 1933 and renovated in 1978. In 2007 it was increased and enlarged according to the plans of the architect Silvano Caccia. It now consists of three floors (entrance and sanitary facilities, dining room and kitchen, bedrooms), has a dining room for 70 people with a 360 ° panoramic view of the surroundings and has 50 beds in nine rooms.
The hut has been owned by the SAC section Rossberg in Zug since 2017, previously it belonged to the SAC section Bellinzona .
In the absence of the hut warden, a stove with wood or gas including kitchen utensils is available. Toilets and running water are located inside the building. It is heated with wood. In addition to mains electricity from hydropower, solar panels are also available for lighting. The hut has a material ropeway.
The hut is suitable for hikes, children's holidays, ski and summit tours and as a stage location for long-distance hikes.
The Via Alta Idra high-altitude trail begins at Capanna Gorno Gries and leads in 12 stages from the source of the Ticino river to its confluence with Lake Maggiore .
Accesses
In summer the hut can be reached on hiking trails:
- from the Alpe di Cruina ( 2002 m ) on the Nufenenpassstrasse in 1 hour (T2 SAC hiking scale ).
- from the Nufenenpasshöhe ( 2478 m ) in 3 hours (T2).
- from All'Acqua ( 1614 m ) in 3 hours (T2).
The three starting points are stops on the Postbus line from Airolo.
Summit tours
- Blinnenhorn - 3374 m
- Corno Gries - 2969 m
- Piccolo Corno Gries - 2930 m
hikes
- Lago Gries 2477 m in 2 hours (T2).
Adjacent huts
- Pianseccohütte (Capanna Piansecco) 3 hours
- Rifugio Val Toggia ( Italy ) 3 hours
- Rifugio Città di Busto (Italy) 3 hours
- Rifugio Cesare Mores 3 ½ hours (Italy)
- Capanna del Basòdino 5 hours
- Cristallinahütte (Capanna Cristallina) 6 hours
- Rifugio Vannino (Italy) 6 hours
literature
- Remo Kundert, Marco Volken: SAC huts in the Swiss Alps. Paperback German-French-Italian, Verlag SAC 2011. ISBN 978-3-85902-346-8 .
- Chiara Brenna: Ticino e Mesolcina. Guida escursionistica, Salvioni Edizioni, Bellinzona 2003.
- Massimo Gabuzzi: Capanne del Ticino e della Mesolcina. Bellinzona, Salvioni, 2005.
Web links
- Corno Gries on the ETHorama platform
- Corno Gries Hut of the Rossberg SAC section
- Panorama from the Corno Gries Hut SAC
- Alternative hiking: SAC huts in Ticino
- Famigros: Family-friendly SAC huts in Ticino
- Airolo Tourism: The new Corno Gries Hut
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo of the old hut ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Via Idra: 1st stage
- ↑ Flyer Via Alta Idra