Rifugio Savoia
| Rifugio Savoia | ||
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| Mountain range | Graian Alps | |
| Geographical location: | 45 ° 29 '8 " N , 7 ° 8' 34" E | |
| Altitude | 2534 m slm | |
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| owner | Romilda Naudin | |
| Construction type | hut | |
| Usual opening times | Early June to late September | |
| accommodation | 60 beds, 0 camps | |
The Rifugio Savoia is a refuge in the Aosta Valley in the Graian Alps . It is located at an altitude of 2534 m on the Laghi di Nivolet, not far from the Colle del Nivolet pass within the municipality of Valsavarenche . The hut is open from the beginning of June to the end of September and offers sleeping places for 60 mountaineers during this time.
The top of the pass at Colle del Nivolet separates the Valle dell'Orco on the Piedmont side from the Valsavaren Valley, a southern side valley of the Aosta Valley.
The refuge is located within the Gran Paradiso National Park . The Rifugio Città di Chivasso is only 1 km away.
Ascent
The ascent to the hut in the Pont district ( 1960 m ) begins on the Valdostan side . The entire route from the large car park in Pont to the Rifugio Savoia, which is not difficult, takes about 2½ hours. From Piedmont, the hut can be reached from Rifugio Guido Muzio via a former royal hunting trail (approx. 4 hours), and during the summer months also by car or by bus from Ceresole Reale .
Tour possibilities
An abundance of small glacial lakes such as Lago Rosset and Laghi Trebecchi can be reached from the hut.
Transitions
- Passage to the Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II - ( 2735 m ) over the Col di Punta Fourà ( 3124 m )
- Transition to the Rifugio Gian Federico Benevolo - ( 2285 m ) via the Col della Nivoletta ( 3130 m ) or the Col Rosset ( 3023 m )
- Crossing to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame via the Col Rosset ( 3023 m )
- Crossing to Rhêmes-Notre-Dame via the Col del Leynir ( 3084 m )
Summit tours
The following peaks can be reached from the hut:
- Gran Vaudala - ( 3272 m )
- Punta Basei - ( 3338 m )
- Punta di Galisia - ( 3346 m )
- Punta Fourà - ( 3411 m )
- Mont Taou Blanc - ( 3438 m )
literature
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit, Partisan Paths in Piedmont. Places and ways of resistance between Gran Paradiso and Monviso , Querwege Verlag, Konstanz 2012, ISBN 978-3-941585-05-8
- Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Piedmont hiking . Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-566-2