Description of the route

Altitude: 3,142 m
Location: Eastern Slope of the Cors
Sleeping places: 4
Open: always open
Difficulty: PD
Trail sign: yes
Ascent: 3h30 from Breuil
Coordinates UTM- WGS84: EAST 392287
Coordinates UTM- WGS84: NORTH 5089370

The bivouac, inaugurated in 1927, is dedicated to the mountaineer Umberto Balestreri, President of the CAAI (Italian Academic Alpine Club), who made a lot of first ascents in the Aosta Valley. Balestreri died on April 16, 1933 in a crevasse on the Morteratsch glacier in the Bernina Massif.

Equipment: mattresses, blankets, pillows.