Refuge Victor Sella

The Rifugio Vittorio Sella ( 2585 m slm ), also Rifugio Sella al Lauson, is a farmed in the summer months refuge in the Graian the northern Italian autonomous region of Valle d'Aosta. The Rifugio of the Club Alpino Italiano ( CAI ) belongs to the municipality of Cogne, in the homonymous valley in the Gran Paradiso National Park.

History

One of the buildings of the Rifugio has emerged as a hunting lodge of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel II, was later rebuilt and extended. Named is the refuge by Vittorio Sella, mountaineer ( first winter exceeded the Matterhorn, first winter ascent of the Dufour Peak ), explorer and founder of the Italian mountain photography.

Access

  • From Valnontey ( Cogne ), (2.5 hours)

Transitions

  • The Rifugio Vittorio Sella lies n.2 on the road to Alta via della Val d' Aosta.
  • Transition to Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II
  • Transition to the Rifugio Federico Chabod.

Climbs

  • Refuge of the Club Alpino Italiano
  • Alpine hut in the Aosta Valley
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