Rossi and Volante Bivouac
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Rossi and Volante Bivouac Bivacco Rossi e Volante (it)
Bivacco Cesare e Giorgio (it) | |
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| General | |
| Elevation | 3,750 m12,303.15 ft 2.33 miles |
| Type | CAI |
| Location | Valle d'Aosta, Italy |
| Range | Pennine Alps |
| Massif | Breithorn-Liskamm Group |
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| Coordinates | |
| DMS Coor. | 45°55´52"N, 7°46´26"E |
| Swiss Coor. | 625780 / 86550 |
| Links | Topographic Detail |
| Nearby Features | |
| Breithorn, Breithorn Central, Breithorn East, Breithorn Gendarme, Breithorn-Liskamm Group, Castor, Mezzalama Hut, Monte Rosa Hut, Pollux, Roccia Nera, Valle d'Ayas Guides' Hut | |
| Alpinist's Info | |
| Base(s) | Breuil-Cervinia, Saint Jacques, Zermatt |
| Summit(s) | Breithorn, Castor, Liskamm, Pollux, Roccia Nera |
| Topo. Map | SLK 1348: Zermatt IGC 109: Monte Rosa - Alagna - Valsesia - Macugnaga - Gressoney |
| Approach Difficulty |  F
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| Hut Info | |
| Places | 12 |
| Guarded | always unguarded |
| Catering | No drinks and No food |
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General information
The Rossi and Volante Bivouac (Italian: Bivacco Rossi e Volante or Bivacco Cesare e Giorgio) (3,750 m) is a mountain hut above Ayas in the Pennine Alps in Valle d'Aosta, Italy. It's situated on a rock island on the snow spur descending SSW from the Roccia Nera and E of the Schwarztor. It's a typical small Italian metal bivouac hut which is cramped if full.
History
Built in 1961, improved in 1995.
Accommodation
12 places
Runnig water in the vicinty (watch out: toilets nearby!).
Bring your own gaz stoves.
Approach routes
- From Zermatt(ch): Klein Matterhorn - Schwarztor: (2h)
Take the lift to Klein Matterhorn and follow the snow crest to the broad saddle at 3,796 m. Then cross the glacier bowl ESE to the Breithornpass. From the pass head NE, descending a little, to pass below a rock island and the SSE spur of the Breithorn central summit. Just beyond this latter point slant up on to the higher glacier terrace (3,650 m) on the S side of the Breithorn. Curve round, maintaining height, to where the terrace starts to peter out below Roccia Nera. Slant down SE for a few m and then traverse across to the outcrop on which the hut is sited. If crevasses are a problem on the glacier terrace take a lower line from below the Breithorn central summit, used on the approach to Pollux, and up to the top of the rognon on which the hut stands on its L side.
- From Valle d'Ayas Guides' Hut: (1h)
Climb the Verra Glacier NE to reach Passo di Verra / Zwillingsjoch (3,848 m), between Castor and Pollux. Before the col, descend WNW. A little before Schwarztor, climb a short snow slope (watch out for the rimaye). Eventually use the fixed ropes and the steps and reach the hut.
- From Monte Rosa Hut(ch) via Schwarztor (PD) (4h)
- From Mezzalama Hut (3,5h)
- From Testa Grigia (Cervinia Guides' Hut) (2,5h)
Ascents
- Roccia Nera: 4,075 m (1h)
- Breithorn: 4,164 m (6h)
- Pollux: 4,092 m (2h)
- Castor: 4,228 m
- Liskamm: 4,527 m
Crossings
- Klein Matterhorn Station(ch) (2h)
- Valle d'Ayas Guides' Hut (1h)
- Mezzalama Hut (2,5h)
- Testa Grigia (Cervinia Guides' Hut (2,5h)
- Quintino Sella Hut (6h)
- Monte Rosa Hut (ch) (4,5h)
