Rifugio Città di Mantova
Rifugio Città di Mantova CAI hut category C |
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The Rifugio Città di Mantova refuge in 2009, after expansion. |
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Mountain range | Valais Alps | |
Geographical location: | 45 ° 53 '42 " N , 7 ° 50' 53" E | |
Altitude | 3498 m slm | |
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owner | Société Guide di Gressoney | |
Built | 1974 | |
Construction type | hut | |
Usual opening times | End of March to mid-April and from mid-June to mid-September | |
accommodation | 80 beds, 0 camps | |
Web link | http://www.rifugiomantova.it/ |
The Rifugio Città di Mantova is a refuge in the Aosta Valley in the Valais Alps . It is located at an altitude of 3498 m in the Lystal side valley near the Ghiacciaio del Garstelet glacier within the municipality of Gressoney . The hut is open from the end of March to mid-April and from mid-June to mid-September and offers 80 beds for climbers.
history
In 1974 the hut was inaugurated by the CAI , Mantova section . In 2009 the hut underwent a significant expansion.
Accesses
You can reach the hut from the valley town of Alagna Valsesia by cable car to Passo dei Salati. From there the hiking trail leads over the Stolemberg and the Punta Indren in about two hours over the Indren glacier to the Rifugio.
Another access runs from Gressoney-La-Trinité in Lystal via Gabiet, past the high light to the refuge, from where you can already see the Gnifetti refuge, which is 150 meters higher .
Tour possibilities
Transitions
- Crossing to the Rifugio Città di Vigevano ( 2864 m ).
- Crossing to the Rifugio Guglielmina ( 2880 m ).
- Transfer to the Rifugio Quintino Sella ( 3620 m ).
- Transition to the Monte Rosa hut ( 2795 m ).
Summit tours
The following peaks can be reached from the hut:
- Balmenhorn ( 4167 m ), via the Bivacco Felice Giordano
- Schwarzhorn ( 4322 m )
- Ludwigshöhe ( 4342 m )
- Lyskamm Orientale ( 4527 m )
- Vincent Pyramid ( 4215 m )
- Dufourspitze ( 4634 m )
- Punta Giordani ( 4046 m )
- Signalkuppe ( 4559 m ), together with the Capanna Regina Margherita
- Parrotspitze ( 4436 m )
- Zumsteinspitze ( 4563 m )
literature
- Alois Draxler (Red.): The Alpine Club huts. Volume 3: Western Alps. Refuge huts in Switzerland, Italy and France. 1064 shelters and bivouac boxes of the CAF, CAI, SAC, NFS as well as numerous other alpine associations and private managers. 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich (ie: Ottobrunn) 2005, ISBN 3-7633-8091-4 , pp. 224-225.
- Eugen E. Hüsler : Bruckmann's Alpine Hut Atlas. 2nd Edition. Bruckmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7654-3987-8 , p. 240.