Rifugio Vioz

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Rifugio Vioz - “Mantova”
SAT refuge  category  E
Rifugio Vioz - "Mantova"
location Monte Vioz ; Trentino , Italy ; Valley location:  Peio
Mountain range Ortler Alps
Geographical location: 46 ° 23 '56.8 "  N , 10 ° 38' 8.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '56.8 "  N , 10 ° 38' 8.9"  E
Altitude 3535  m slm
Rifugio Vioz (Ortler Alps)
Rifugio Vioz
builder DÖAV Section Halle (Saale)
owner SAT
Built 1911; Rebuild: 1996
Construction type Refuge
Usual opening times End of June to mid-September
accommodation 60 beds, 0  camps
Winter room 6 bedsdep1
Web link Website Rifugio Vioz

The Rifugio Vioz - "Mantova" or Rifugio Mantova al Vioz or just Rifugio Vioz (German Viozhütte ) is a refuge of the Trentino Alpine Association (SAT).

Location and surroundings

The Rifugio Vioz is located in the municipality of Peio in the province of Trento at 3535  m slm and is therefore the second highest refuge in the Eastern Alps after the Rifugio Marco e Rosa ( 3609  m slm ) on Piz Bernina .

It is located just a few meters below the summit of Monte Vioz in the Stilfserjoch National Park . Immediately next to the rifugio is a small chapel, built between 1947 and 1948, which is dedicated to Saint Bernard of Menthon , patron saint of mountaineers, and to the fallen of all wars.

About half an hour away from Rifugio Vioz is the Punta Linke ( left tip ), a cable car station of the Austro-Hungarian army that has been freed from snow and ice by archaeologists . The site is one of the most important evidence of the mountain war that took place between 1915 and 1918 and has been open to the public since 2014 in the summer months of July and August.

history

The first refuge on Monte Vioz was built by SAT in 1908 and was named Rifugio Mantova . It was located below Monte Tavièla on a rocky outcrop between the Val de Vioz and the Val Tavièla at 3000  m slm , at the point where the mountain station of the Peio 3000 cable car is today. This hut was destroyed in World War I and was never rebuilt. The ruins can still be seen next to the mountain station today.

In 1909, the DÖAV section in Halle (Saale) also began to build a refuge on Monte Vioz, at the point where the current building is. This could finally be inaugurated in 1911. Even then, the hut was supplied via a simple hand-wound cable car.

During the First World War, the hut was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian army and the seat of the section command. After the end of the war, it only passed to the Italian state, which entrusted it to the SAT in 1921 and which it passed into possession in 1947. In 1921, the SAT added the addition of Mantova to the name in memory of the SAT hut destroyed in the war.

After the rifugio had already been completely renovated in 1971, discussions were held in the early 1990s to rebuild the hut in a lower and easier-to-reach location. In the end, this proposal was not approved by the SAT. Rather, he decided to completely renovate the existing building, taking into account sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies. This new refuge was finally inaugurated in 1996 after four years of construction.

Accesses

  • From Peio, 1173 m ⊙ on path 105 (6 hours)
  • From Doss dei Gembri, 2315 m ⊙ on path 105 (4 hours)
  • From the mountain station Peio 3000, 3000 m ⊙ on path 138, then along the unnumbered but marked path to path 105 (2 hours 45 minutes)

Neighboring huts and crossings

Mountaineering

  • Monte Vioz , 3645 m ⊙ 15-20 minutes
  • Punta Linke, 3632 m ⊙ 30-40 minutes

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. 4 Cevedale, Maddalene, Monti d'Anaunia. Euroedit, Trento 2014, ISBN 978-88-86147-98-9 .

Web links

Commons : Rifugio Vioz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Achille Gadler, Mario Corradini: Rifugi e bivacchi nel Trentino , Panorama, Trento, 2003 p. 170
  2. ↑ a b On the project and the history of Punta Linke in Italian (PDF; 68 kB), accessed on March 10, 2017.
  3. ^ A b Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini - Sezione del CAI - Commissione Sentieri: … per sentieri e luoghi. Sui monti del Trentino. 4 Cevedale, Maddalene, Monti d'Anaunia. Euroedit, Trento, 2014 p. 228
  4. ↑ Monte Vioz was also the scene of the race between the SAT and the DÖAV before the First World War to open up the Trentino mountains, at that time still part of Austria-Hungary, as it was held at the Rifugio Tuckett and Rifugio Altissimo , among others .
  5. ↑ On the history of the Rifugio Vioz in Italian , accessed on March 10, 2017.