Description of the route

Altitude: 3,852 m
Location: Pic Eccles
Sleeping places: 6
Open: always open
Difficulty: AD
Trail sign: no
Ascent: 6h from the Monzino Refuge
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: EAST 334872
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: NORTH 5076438

The bivouac is dedicated to Giuseppe Lampugnani (Pinin) and Giancarlo Grassi.
Lampugnani, a mountaineer from Novara, was a founder member of the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI) and he was a climbing partner of the Gugliermina brothers in many ascents on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. His publication ‘Vette’, written with the Gugliermina brothers, is very famous. He was an officer of the Alpine troops in World War I and deserved a silver and a bronze medal.
Grassi was a mountain guide, a writer, a mountaineer, a pioneer in the research of new climbing routes and also contributed to the development of the modern ice climbing techniques.

Access:
Access suitable for alpinists.

Equipment: blankets, mattresses, melting water.