Rifugio Telegrafo
Map with all coordinates: | Rifugio Gaetano Barana al Telegrafo CAI refuge category C |
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| location | Punta Telegraph ; Verona Province , Italy ; Valley location: Brenzone sul Garda | |
| Mountain range | Garda mountains | |
| Geographical location: | 45 ° 42 '17.5 " N , 10 ° 49' 49.3" E | |
| Altitude | 2147 m slm | |
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| builder | CAI section Verona | |
| owner | CAI section Verona | |
| Built | 1897; New construction: 1966 | |
| Construction type | Refuge | |
| Usual opening times | from the beginning of June to the end of September | |
| accommodation | 47 beds, 0 camps | |
| Winter room | 6 beds | |
| Web link | Rifugio Telegrafo website | |
The Rifugio Telegrafo , full name Rifugio Gaetano Barana al Telegrafo , (German Telegrafo hut ) is a refuge of the Verona section of the Italian Alpine Club CAI on Monte Baldo in the province of Verona . The hut, which is usually open from the beginning of June to the end of September, has 47 beds and a winter room with 6 beds.
Location and surroundings
The refuge is located in the central area of Monte Baldo on the southern flank of Punta Telegrafo about 50 meters in altitude and only a few minutes' walk below the summit on the edge of a former glacier basin.
At 2147 m slm altitude, it is the highest hut on Monte Baldo. Next to the rifugio there is a small church dedicated to Saint Rosa of Lima .
history
The first plans to build a refuge at the Telegrafo go back to 1891. After the Verona section of the CAI had raised the necessary funds for the construction and the building site had been made available by the municipality of Castelletto di Brenzone, the first groundbreaking took place in July 1897. On September 26, 1897, the Rifugio could already be inaugurated. It was dedicated to the two botanists Francesco Calzolari and Giovanni Pona , who pioneered the study of the flora of Monte Baldo. The proximity to Verona, the railway line to Caprino Veronese had existed since 1889 , led to a rapidly increasing number of visitors, so that the hut was soon too small and had to be expanded for the first time in 1907. Another expansion took place in 1912.
During the First World War it was used as accommodation for the Italian army . In 1926 the Rifugio had to be extensively restored, it was expanded for the third time in its history and the small church of Santa Rosa, built next door in 1901, was rededicated. After the Second World War, the refuge was reopened after the major damage had been repaired, for example the roof had been removed during a storm. In 1966 the aging rifugio was completely rebuilt and renamed after Gaetano Batana, whose son donated a considerable amount for the new building. To mark the centenary, 1997 saw the construction of the new material ropeway, among other things.
Accesses
- From Baita Novezza, 1416 m ⊙ on path 652 (2 hours 15 minutes)
- From Novezzina, 1255 m ⊙ on route 657 (2 hours 45 minutes)
- From Malga Valfredda, 1,321 m ⊙ on route 656 (2 hours 45 minutes)
- From Due Pozze, 1298 m ⊙ on path 51, 55 (3 hours 30 minutes)
- From Prada Alta, 995 m ⊙ on path 655 (4–5 hours)
- From the Passo Tratto Spino cable car station , 1753 m ⊙ on route 651 (4–5 hours)
- From Val delle Nogare, 1100 m ⊙ on path 654 (2 hours 45 minutes)
- From Assenza, 65 m ⊙ on path 654 (6 hours)
Neighboring huts and crossings
- To Rifugio Chierego , 1905 m ⊙ on path 658 in 1 hour 10 minutes
- To Rifugio Altissimo Damiano Chiesa , 2060 m ⊙ on path 651, 652 in 6 hours 20 minutes
literature
- Guida ai Rifugi del CAI. 375 Rifugi del Club Alpino Italiano per scoprire la montagna. RCS Mediagroup, Milan 2013.
- Giuseppe Corrà: La catena del Monte Baldo in: Società di scienze naturali del Trentino (ed.): Il Monte Baldo nei suoi aspetti naturalistici e antropici , Temi, Trient 1981.
- Ezio Etrari, Eugenio Cipriani: I 100 anni del rifugio “G. Barana ”al Telegrafo sul Monte Baldo. Club Alpino Italiano Sezione Verona; Verona 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Giuseppe Corrà: La catena del Monte Baldo p. 18
- ↑ Ezio Etrari, Eugenio Cipriani: I 100 anni del rifugio "G. Barana ”al Telegrafo sul Monte Baldo. Pp. 8-21
- ^ Commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Church of Santa Rosa on Telegrafo (Italian) accessed on February 20, 2018