1667 mt s.l.m.
Gran Paradiso National Park
ABOUT US
Management
Guido Muzio is a refuge of the Club Alpino Italiano,
the Italian Alpine Club licensed to the Chivasso
branch.Marco Gorret, a native of nearby Val d’Aosta, is the manager: a man with the mountain “inside”.
He graduated at the Scuola Universitaria Interfacoltà di Scienze Motorie of Turin and, after two years of working for a gym, has decided to give up city life to plunge into this new activity that allows him to be in a mountain environment, in a protected area. Here, daily contacts with passing-by mountaineers, hikers, climbers and simply with nature lovers, gives him the chance to lead a “human size” life as well as being a living landmark for people in the area.
The refuge
The stone building has a timber roof covered with traditional stone slabs (the
"lose"). It was a small barrack built in 1939-40 as a military
post on the road towards the French border. The area is littered with remains
of defense lines and military engineering, in particular two timber bridges and
a few dry-stone arch bridges.
In 1948 the Chivasso branch of the Club Alpino
Italiano took over the building from the Army (severely damaged in WWII)
and converted it in an alpine refuge. Since then the structure has been completely
overhauled and today has 11 small bedrooms with bunk beds, a big dining room which
can also be used for seminars, a bar and a lounge with a double sided fireplace,
a small maps and photos museum, a small library, a large flat outdoor space and
a small chapel under the larches.