Refuge Aoste is a

mountain hut A mountain hut is a building located at high elevation, in mountainous terrain, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineering, mountaineers, climbing, climbers and Hiking, hikers. Mountain huts are us ...

in the Valpelline, in the

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, owned by the

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. It is in the commune of

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, Italy.

History

The first refuge was built in 1908, but destroyed by an avalanche in 1951. It was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1956, but in 1990 lost its roof. The current hut opened in 1995.

External links

Mountain huts in the Alps Mountain huts in Aosta Valley Mountain huts of Club Alpino Italiano
Official website
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