Refuge

Rifugio Barone

Biella · Tessin · Italie0 mGuardedVerified listing

The place

Staffed hut at 2,172 m in the Val Vergonèss, a side valley of the Val Verzasca in the Ticino Lepontine Alps, managed by the Società Escursionistica Verzaschese (SEV). New building with twenty-seven beds with mattresses and blankets, replacing an older thirty-two-bed structure. Base for the ascent of the Pizzo Barone (2,864 m), the highest peak of the Val Verzasca, and for swimming at Lago Barone (2,391 m) below the pass to the south.

Staffed beds
27

Getting there

Access from Sonogno (918 m), about 4 h climb, 1,254 m of elevation gain.

The setting

Val Vergonèss, side valley of the Val Verzasca in the Lepontine Alps. Close to Lago Barone and the Pizzo Barone (2,864 m).