Staffed Mountain Huts
The mountain hut is not just a place and a moment of shelter from bad weather. We have learnt, especially on hikes with children, that in the Apennines the hut can be the goal of a route. Going in search of a hut can be an incentive for adults as well as for young hikers. Below are the fact sheets of the better and lesser known bases for your hikes...
Rifugio del Fargno, a mountain hut in the Monti Sibillini
By Redazione Published: 15/01/2013
A horrible concrete barracks of a building set in an incredible spot. A strong contrast, but in some ways an evocative one. The hut can be reached by car both from Casali (Ussita) and from…
Rifugio Casale da Monte (Monte Velino)
By Redazione Published: 14/01/2013
Renovated in 2007, Rifugio Casale da Monte is a wonderful building able to take in a large number of visitors. The building is really imposing and stands at the foot of Monte Cafornia, a short…
Baita "La Gallinola" - mountain restaurant
By Redazione Published: 26/08/2012
The Baita "La Gallinola" is a mountain restaurant in the wildest area of Campitello Matese, far from the ski lifts and on the edge of the wood. Set at 1600 m in a small wooded…
Rifugio Casanova in the Foreste Casentinesi
By Redazione Published: 24/08/2012
The hut stands at 894 m above sea level within the boundaries of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park.It lies in the valley of the Oia, in the municipality of Stia, in the Casentino area, Province…
Rifugio Vincenzo Sebastiani on the Velino
By Redazione Published: 23/08/2012
Rifugio Vincenzo Sebastiani is one of the Apennine huts best known to hikers, like the even better known Rif. Franchetti on the Gran Sasso and Rif. Angelo Sebastiani on the Terminillo.The hut stands below the…
Rifugio "Casina dell'Alpe"
By Alessandro Benazzi Published: 19/08/2012
The hut is in the northern part of the Alpe di Catenaia, in the municipality of Chitignano, at 970 metres.- From Rassina (AR), follow the signs for Chitignano-Chiusi della Verna; past Chitignano, carry on for…
Rifugio Massimo Rinaldi on Monte Terminilletto
By Redazione Published: 11/07/2012
Rifugio Massimo Rinaldi stands on the summit of Monte Terminilletto at an altitude of 2108 m; you can easily reach it on foot by the comfortable path that climbs from Rialto or by the chairlift,…
Rifugio ANA Forca di Presta
By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012
A hut owned by the Associazione Nazionale Alpini (the Italian Alpine Troops Association), it is an aesthetically rather uninteresting building put up in 1973, with a bar, a restaurant with a big fireplace, and small…
Capanna di Sevice
By Redazione Published: 20/06/2012
The Capanna di Sevice stands near the Sella dei Cavalli, at the end of the long gully that is the line of the direttissima (direct route) to Monte Sevice from Rosciolo dei Marsi.It's an excellent…