Rifugio Quinto Alpini
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The place
Rifugio Quinto Reggimento Alpini - Bertarelli, on a rocky spur in the Val Zebrù (municipality of Valfurva, Sondrio province, Lombardy), within the Stelvio National Park in the Rhaetian Alps (Ortles-Cevedale massif) — 2877 m. Inaugurated in 1884 under the name Capanna Milano (CAI Milano), extended in 1901. During the Great War, a defence hub for the Val Zebrù and the "war on the Ortles". Restored in 1919-1920, dedicated to the 5th Alpini Regiment in 1926 in memory of all the Alpini who fell on this front, then rebuilt two years later on the initiative of Guido Bertarelli with a team of Alpini, inaugurated in 1929. That same year, a second, lower building was constructed, which, after refurbishment funded by the Bertarelli family, was dedicated in 1969 to the memory of Guido Bertarelli (CAI Milano president 1938-1945, Alpini combatant in 1915-1918). Renovated, comfortable structure, refined cuisine, bar, rooms with 6 to 12 beds; starting point for several ascents, glacier 3 minutes away.
Getting there
From Valfurva (Val Zebrù); glacier 3 minutes from the refuge.
The setting
Val Zebrù, Ortles-Cevedale, Stelvio National Park, WWI remnants.
