Rifugio Ottorino Mezzalama
| Rifugio Ottorino Mezzalama CAI hut category D |
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| Mountain range | Valais Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 45 ° 54 '49 " N , 7 ° 45' 34" E | |
| Altitude | 3036 m slm | |
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| owner | Club Alpino Italiano , Turin section | |
| Built | 1934 | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | Early July to late September | |
| accommodation | 36 beds, 0 camps | |
| Winter room | 14 bearings | |
| Web link | www.rifugiomezzalama.it | |
The Rifugio Ottorino Mezzalama is a refuge in the Aosta Valley in the Valais Alps . It is located at an altitude of 3,036 m in the Valle d'Ayas side valley near the Ghiacciaio di Verra glacier within the municipality of Ayas . The hut is open from the beginning of July to the end of September and offers sleeping places for 36 mountaineers during this time.
Ascent
From Saint-Jacques, a district of Ayas, you reach the town of Blanchard , which is located at the confluence of the source streams of the mountain stream Evançon , Verra and Courtod. Behind the bridge begins the path that leads up to the valley of the Verra stream. After reaching the hamlet of Fiery , the path splits; follow it on the right to the Pian di Verra Inferiore plain ( 2050 m ). A gravel path leads to the beginning of the Pian di Verra Superiore alpine pasture . Below the alpine pasture, follow the path to the left, which climbs up a steep, grassy slope. After crossing a plateau up to the ridge of a moraine, follow it to the hut. In winter, you often climb next to the moraine and only at the end of the moraine climb over a steep slope to the hut, the height of which is often given as 3004 m.
The refuge can be reached in 4-5 hours from the hamlet of Saint-Jacques.
history
The refuge in its current appearance was inaugurated in 1934 and was last thoroughly renovated in 1987. It was dedicated to Ottorino Mezzalama (1888–1931), a mountaineer from Turin who was killed by an avalanche on the Ghiacciaio di Malavalle glacier near Bardonecchia .
Tour possibilities
Transitions
- Passage to the Rifugio Guide della Val d'Ayas ( 3425 m ).
- Passage to the Rifugio Giovanni Battista Ferraro ( 2066 m ).
- Crossing to the Rifugio Guide Frachey refuge ( 2072 m ).
- Transition to the Theodulhütte ( 3327 m ).
- Passage to the Rifugio Guide del Cervino ( 3480 m ).
- Transition to the Monte Rosa hut ( 2795 m ).
- Transition to the Rifugio Quintino Sella ( 3585 m ).
- Transition to the Bivaccho Rossi e Volante ( 3750 m ) bivouac box on Rocce Nere.
- Crossing to Gressoney via the Col di Bettaforca ( 2672 m )
Summit tours
The following peaks can be reached from the hut:
- Castor ( 4223 m )
- Pollux ( 4092 m )
- Breithorn ( 4075 m )
- Gobba di Rollin ( 3899 m )
Web links
- The shelters of the Aosta Valley on Summitpost.
- Page to the hut Rifugio Ottorino Mezzalama on Varasc.it.
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.