Alps - Eastern Part
Huts on the route to Piz Bernina
If you want to approach Piz Bernina from Italian side you can reach the next refuges:Rifugio Zoia at Campo Moro (on 1990m)(but this hut was closed in this summer because of reconstruction), Rifugio Carate - Brianza (on 2636m), Rifugio Marinelli-Bombardieri (on 2813m) and Rifugio Marco e Rosa (on 3609m).
"New" Marco e Rosa Hut
Rifugio Marco e Rosa
You can find this hut at the Southern end of Spalla ridge of Piz Bernina. In real you can find two houses there. The first built (on 3597m) is really old one. It's used for emergency and winter shelter with 12 beds and it was constructed in 1913. In 2007 summer it was rebuilt. Few meters above (on 3609m) you can find the new Marco e Rosa. The newer hut built in 1964 and reconstructed in 2002.
Old Marco e Rosa Hut
Getting There
You can reach Marco e Rosa from Rifugio Marinelli-Bombardieri in 3-4 hours on a PD difficulty path. There are two ways to do it. There are winter route and a summer route.
The two routes have a common way first I write down the details of it: There is a well marked route from Rifugio Marinelli-Bombardieri on the rocky lower part of Scerscen Glacier after one hour you can reach the icy and snowy part. The next part of the route goes along a flat glacier surface to the north under the eastern slopes of Pizzo Argent and the large southern side of the ridge of Cresta Guzza.
Follow this direction and you'll reach the entrance to the gully on the ridge of Guzza near its northern edge, about 30 m from the terminal crevasse, you'll find the protected route that takes you to the mountain hut. This route contains metal steps in the more difficult points. There is a metal ladder at the base of the terminal crevasse to help you get over it.
In winter or in deep snow you can ignore the rocky via ferrata and you can choose a steep gully full of snow. The only problem here is to get over the terminal crevasse. Just climb up to the pass and you can easily walk up to the hut on the ridge.
Close summits
Piz Bernina (4.049m), 2 hrsPiz Palü (3.905m), 2.5 hrs
Piz Zuppo (3.995m), 2.5 hrs
Piz Argient (3.945m), 2.5 hrs
Piz Saddleback (3.517m)
Bella Vista (3.889m)
Piz Scerscen (3.971m)
Piz Roseg (3.937m)
Cresta Guzza (3.854m)
 Piz Scerscen (3.971m) |  Piz Roseg (3.937m) |  Cresta Guzza (3.854m) |
Services
In season:
"Domestic animal"
Hot and cold water,
Elecricity (220V),
Heating,
Winterroom,
Toilettes,
Showers,
Restaurant,
Self cooking,
Alpine club discount (CAI).
Number of places: 48 beds
Winter: 12 beds
Hut guard: fron July to September
More infos
Phone:0342/515370
Owner:
CAI Sezione Valtellinese Sondrio
Via Trieste 27 - Sondrio. Tel. 0342 -21.43.00
Manager:
Giancalo "Bianco" Lenatti - Chiareggio (So). Tel. 0342-45.40.53
Enrico Gianatti
Email: rifmarcoerosa@virgilio.it
Situated in Val Malenco
Val Malenco Map
This is the map of the Val Malenco region. (Sondrio - Franscia)
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| rgg | The given coordinates are slightly NW of Piz Bernina | |
Hasn't voted | The refuge is south of Piz Bernina, at the start of La Spedla ridge, coordinates 46.374 N, 9.911 E. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2011 9:12 am | ||
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