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Hut
PONTI CESARE
   2559 metri s.l.m.   
The mountain hut is a base for teh ascent of Mount Disgrazia and for the traverse on the Roma Trail. It lies on a wide ledge of a moraine next to the Preda Rossa glacier.
Nation: Italy
Region: Lombardia
Mountain area: Masino - Bregaglia (I)
Valley: Val Masino
Beds:
85 (Beds in winter 20)
Services:
hot water cold water electricity heating toilettes showers restaurant Alpine club discount
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when it's open:
July 1 to September 15
Telephone number:
0342-61.14.55
Manager:
Ezio Cassina - Via Consorziale 35 - 23010 Filorera Val Masino (So). Tel. 0342-64.01.38.
Owner:
CAI Sezione di Milano - Tel. 02-86.46.35.16
Maps:
CNS 1:50.000 «Monte Disgrazia» e 1:25.000 «Sciora»; Carta Multigraphic «Pizzo Bernina-Monte Disgrazia» 1:50.000; Kompass 1:50.000 «Chiavenna-Val Bregaglia»; IGM 1:25.000 «Monte Disgrazia».
 


Place of departure: Filoera, in Valbiore 1225 m or the level area of Preda Rossa 1955 m if the road from Filorera is reopened.
Altitude at departurte: 1225 m
Altitude gain: 1300 m
Time: 4 hours
Difficulty : E = (Hike) route on a well-marked, easy to follow trail or footpath. Requires suitable equipment and fitness level.
 
Access:

From Filorera in Val Masino take the road that enters Valle Sasso Bisolo, heading right and is interrupted by the large landslide of Valbiore. Following the signs, cross over the area covered by rocks to reconnect with the road higher up and follow it to Sasso Bisolo. Continue along the road until you come to the edge of the last steep part, above which the valleys of Preda Rossa and Terzana open up. If the road is not drivable, signs sometimes point out short-cuts. From the flat area of Preda Rossa 1955 m (parking lot) traverse towards the northeast, keeping left of the river. After the flat part the trail continues through sparse larches, passes th efirst steep part, and after another nearly flat part, goes left and up the right orographic side of the valley (the right side when facing down valley). A last diagonal towards the norhteast brings you to narrow pastures and the rocky area where the mountian hut is located.

 

Traverse:

To Allievi-Bonacossa mountian hut 2385 m, on the Roma Trail (EE; 5 hrs).
To Bosio mountian hut 2086 m, via Corna Rossa Pass 2836 m (E; 4 hrs).

 

Climbs:

To Mount Disgrazia 3678 m, on the Via Normale. Advised Period: July - September. Elevation Gain: 1100 m from Ponti mountian hut. Difficulty: PD ( easy mountaineering). Equipment: rope, ice axe and crampons, a pair of ice screws and pitons. Time: 4- 5 hrs. first Ascent: M. Anderegg, T. Cox, E. S. Kennedy, L. Stephen in 1862. Route: From the Ponti mountian hut go up and north along the slopes that are on the right side of the lateral moraine of Preda Rossa glacier. After about an hour you get to the glacier, which you then go onto, keeping to its left side and following along a vertical granite cliff. The slope becomes steeper and steeper and comes out at the glacial amphitheater which leads to Pioda saddle (3387 m). From the col, go right, over the side of Preda Rossa and around the first rocky protrusion of the ridge to get to the edge of the ridge abover the protrusion via a small gully. Now follow the edge over tracts of rock interspersed by tracts of snow to the large rocky head of the "Cavallo di Bronzo" (bronze horse) which precedes the summit. Keep to the southern side near the ridge to go around large rocks and then over small easy rocks and snow to get to the summit. schenatti Gully: It's possible to get more or less halfway up the west-north-western ridge by following the snowy gully (Vittadini - Schenatti 1888) that is between the main ridge and the large rocky south-west ridge (Baroni route). The gully has a slope of about 40° (bring a couple of ice screws and some nuts; PD+). Baroni route: When the main route is really snow covered you may want to follow the spur of the Baroni route, which passes right of the Schanatti gully. Start climbing this route on the left side. Come to the wide ridge and follow it to the summit (passages of I/II; PD+).

 

 

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