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The historic and renowned Vittorio Emanuele II Mountain Hut is situated in the Gran Paradiso National Park, in Valsavarenche, on the shores of Lake Moncorvé. It serves as the main base for those tackling the standard route up Gran Paradiso, as well as being the ideal stopover for hikers wishing to admire the Ciarforon and Becca di Monciair glaciers.
The building is easily recognisable by its parabolic sheet-metal roof, inaugurated in 1961, which stands alongside the older building dating back to 1884. The refuge’s distinctive architectural design was commissioned by Senator Brezzi, who entrusted the project to engineer Dumontel, a member and councillor of the Turin branch of the CAI and a respected professional in the construction industry, on the specific condition that the internal structure be built entirely of iron produced in Cogne.
Please note that the use of a sleeping bag liner is compulsory.
How to get there in summer
On foot: park your car in Pont, cross the Savara stream and follow the farm track to the right. After a few hundred metres, take path n. 1. Continue along a gentle slope to a mountain pasture. Turning left, the path climbs steeply, first through sparse larch woods, then across green pastures interspersed with scree, until you reach the Vittorio Emanuele II mountain hut.
Difficulty: Easy hike
Elevation gain: 780 m.
Duration: 2h30
How to get there in spring
Ski mountaineering: follow the summer trail, looking for the best snow and taking care on steep slopes. Head into the gully and ascend its base until you can turn right (steep), then take the mule track and continue to the refuge (slopes gradually becoming less steep).
Elevation gain: 780 m.
Duration: 2h30
Always check the avalanche report before setting out. It is compulsory to carry an avalanche rescue kit (ARTVA, shovel and probe).
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Prices are valid from 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2026
Notes
Free overnight stay for coach drivers and holiday representatives who are providing assistance to groups of at least 25 persons, organised by travel and tourist agencies
How to get here
By car
Aosta Ovest-Aymavilles motorway exit. At the motorway exit go straight on towards Aosta until you reach the roundabout: turn left here and carry on along strada statale (main road) 26 towards Mont Blanc going past Sarre castle on your right and past the town of Saint-Pierre.
Keep going straight on along the main road and you will arrive at Villeneuve. Having gone past the town continue along the entire straight stretch of the strada statale (main road) up to the junction for Introd-Rhêmes-Valsavarenche, turn right and go uphill until you reach Introd. Go past the town and, when you reach the next junction, turn left towards Valsavarenche and carry on uphill for approximately 12 km until you reach the centre of Valsavarenche, Dégioz. Carry on along the main road until you reach the hamlet of Pont where the road ends and where you will find the parking area. The refuge can be reached on foot in approximately two hours.
By public transport
The nearest train station is in Aosta.
Scheduled Coach service as far as Pont (approximately 3 trips a day).
See also
Valsavarenche
Mountaineering routes
From Pont, take the flat mule track that crosses the river with a wooden bridge. Carry along the flat for about a hundred metres, then start to climb upwards winding initially through a forest, then in the open air. After an initial steep …