Rifugio Stavèl Francesco Denza

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Rifugio Stavèl Francesco Denza SAT hut  category  D
The Rifugio Denza with the Presanella (right) and the Cima d'Amola (left) in the background
location	Val Stavèl; Trentino , Italy ; Valley location:  Vermiglio
Mountain range	Adamello group
Geographical location:	46 ° 14 '36 "  N , 10 ° 39' 19"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 14 '36 "  N , 10 ° 39' 19"  E
Altitude	2298  m slm
builder	SAT
owner	SAT
Built	1898-1899
Construction type	hut
Usual opening times	June 20th to September 20th
accommodation	56 beds, 0  camps
Winter room	20 beds
Web link	www.rifugiodenza.com

The Rifugio Stavèl Francesco Denza (often just Rifugio Denza ) is a refuge in the Italian province of Trento on the edge of the Presanella . It is located at an altitude of 2298 m slm and belongs to the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini , a fairly autonomous section of the CAI . The hut is open from mid-June to mid-September and offers beds for 56 mountaineers.

location

The refuge is located in the upper Val Stavèl, a side valley of the Val di Sole below the north face of the Presanella . It was built on a glacier terrace below the moraine of the Presanella glacier. There is a small lake a few minutes' walk above the hut. The Rifugio is the classic starting point for climbing the Presanella over the Presanella Glacier.

history

Austro-Hungarian war camp at the Rifugio Denza

Construction of the refuge started in 1898. In August 1899, the hut with 14 beds could be inaugurated. It was named after the Barnabite Father and meteorologist Francesco Denza , who helped the Trentino Alpine Association to set up the first meteorological measuring stations in Trentino.

During the First World War , the Austro-Hungarian army built several barracks around the Rifugio, which, like all other SAT shelters, was confiscated shortly after the war began. This barrack town served as the base camp for the second Austro-Hungarian line on the Tonale front.

After the end of the war, a chapel was built next to the Rifugio Denza from the remains of the war barracks. Over time, the refuge has been expanded and modernized several times.

Accesses

• From Baita Velon, 1345 m ⊙ on path 233, 206 (3 hours 15 minutes)
• From Baita Velon, 1345 m ⊙ on path 233, 234 via the Presanella plant (5 hours 50 minutes)
• From Stavel, 1243 m ⊙ on path 206 (3 hours)
• From the Presanella plant car park, 1,884 m ⊙ on path 233 (1 hour 15 minutes)

Neighboring huts and crossings

• To Rifugio Mandrone , 2449 m ⊙ on path 206, 220, 212 in 6 hours 30 minutes
• To Rifugio Segantini , 2373 m ⊙ on path 206 in 5 hours 30 minutes
• To Bivacco Orobica alla Presanella, 3382 m ⊙ on path 206 in 5 hours 30 minutes

Mountaineering

• Cima Presanella , 3558 m ⊙ 4 hours 15 minutes
• Cima dei Pozzi, 2890 m ⊙ 2 hours

literature

• Achille Gadler, Mario Corradini: Rifugi e bivacchi nel Trentino. Panorama, Trento 2003, ISBN 978-88-87118-40-7 .
• Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini - Sezione del CAI - Commissione Sentieri: … per sentieri e luoghi. Sui monti del Trentino. 5 Presanella, Adamello, Dolomiti di Brenta. Euroedit, Trento 2017, ISBN 978-88-941381-3-9 .

Web links

Commons : Rifugio Stavèl Francesco Denza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rifugio Stavèl Francesco Denza , website of the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini

Individual evidence

1. ^ Augusto Giovannini: Vermiglio: Una storia di confine . Publilux, Trient 2000, pp. 90-91