Bivacco Elio Bonfante alle Camoscere

The place

Sleeping places: 12. Places on mattresses: 12. - 2 blankets + pillows on all mattresses (12 places) - Very good insulation - Crockery, coffee maker, jerrycans - Benches, table, desk - Very clean, well maintained and with everything needed to keep it that way (brooms, bucket, sponges, etc.) - Lighting powered by solar panels (3 fluorescent tubes) - Just above the fog early in the morning in July, then... inside it. - Surrounded by ibex in the afternoon - Allows climbing the Pelvo d'Elva, the Chersogno and the Rocca la Marquisa in the same day. - Equipped climbing wall 10 min away. From Prazzo, head to the hamlet of Campiglione. Set off on the road leading to the Chiotti barns. Follow the path toward Monte Chersogno via the Colle del Chiosso. At the pass, take the path on the right. Pass the fonte Nera spring and find the bivouac 5 minutes further on. From the Val Varaita: climb to the Colle di Biccoca, then follow trail T6 toward the Camoscere lake. Leave the lake on the right, continue and find the bivouac 10 minutes further on. From Saint Anne de Bellino, via the Col de Sagnères and its scree, or via the (wet) northwest couloir of the Colle Camosciera, the Pelvo d'Elva there and back, then the traverse via Monte Camoscere toward the lake and the bivouac (harder - 4/5 h). Club Alpino Italiano, Sezione di Bra. Always open. Official site: http://www.caibra.it/bivacco.html