Rifugio Alpe Basciarino
Como · Italie0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Rifugio Alpe Basciarino in the Val Malenco, Chiesa in Valmalenco area (province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy), at 1289 m elevation, south side of the Bernina/Disgrazia massif. Continuous Val Malenco cluster (batches 240+257+258). Former alpine pasture converted into a refuge, part of the CAI Sondrio heritage and of the talc and serpentine (soapstone for traditional Alpine stoves) extraction industry of the Malenco valley. Larch, Swiss stone pine and subalpine siliceous meadow zone.
The setting
Val Malenco Chiesa Sondrio Lombardy 1289 m south of Bernina/Disgrazia, continuous cluster batches 240-258, CAI Sondrio talc/serpentine soapstone.
