Bivacco Alpe Bondolo
The place
Bivacco Alpe Bondolo in the Val Vigezzo, province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Piedmont, Italy), at 1594 m altitude, a valley bordering the Swiss canton of Ticino (Val Onsernone). Continuous cluster Val d'Ossola/Vigezzo (batches 238+245). Free unguarded CAI bivouac in a former Walser Pomatt alp. Val Vigezzo, known as the "valley of painters" (heritage of chimney sweeps and painters, 18th-19th century, Rossetti Valentini painting school of Santa Maria Maggiore).
The setting
Val Vigezzo VCO Piedmont 1594 m bordering Val Onsernone Ticino, continuous cluster batches 238-245, Walser Pomatt alp "valley of painters" Rossetti Valentini school Santa Maria Maggiore.