Gressoney saint jean | Telefono: 3758090288 | Cellulare: +39 3758090288
HEIGHT: 2050 mt
Time traveled:
02:00 h
Mountain group:
Gressoney-Monte Rosa
Location: Weissmatten
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€ 60
Framed by the alpine landscape and overlooking a lovely artificial lake, the Carlo Mollino refuge is located at an altitude of 2,050 meters on the Weissmatten slopes, in the municipality of Gressoney Saint Jean (AO). Inaugurated in 2014, the building is inspired by the Casa Capriata project, proposed in 1954 by architect Carlo Mollino on the occasion of the X Triennale of Milan and considered in the 1950s a manifesto of experimentation with innovative materials and construction techniques. The aerial architecture, Mollino's reinterpretation of the Walser architecture of the upper Gressoney Valley, was created sixty years later thanks to the collaboration of the Municipality of Gressoney Saint Jean with the Department of Architecture and Design of the Polytechnic of Turin. Since its design, the building has been inspired by sustainable thinking, which materializes in the adoption of materials and systems that allow the environmental impact of the refuge to be minimized. In 2020 the building received the CASACLIMA GOLD recognition. Today the structure houses the RIFUGIO CARLO MOLLINO bar-restaurant which offers hospitality in two internal rooms and on the splendid terrace overlooking the lake. At the refuge it is possible to savor typical dishes of the Aosta Valley and Alpine tradition or purchase a picnic bag with mountain fantasy sandwiches to enjoy along the banks of the lake.
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Excursion from Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Arrival altitude: 2050 m
Starting altitude: 1765 m
Difference in altitude: 340 m
Difficulty: E
Total KM: 5 km
Departure: Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Short excursion in the Aosta Valley, the destination is the Casa Capriata renamed the Carlo Mollino refuge located in front of an artificial lake. Arriving on the motorway at Pont Saint Martin take the Lys Valley and reach Gressoney-Saint-Jean, after passing the Laghetto di Bielciuckien initially follow the signs for the Savoia castle and then continue on the road until it ends.
Leave the car near the prohibition sign and start to climb along the same road which continues turning right, still asphalted for the first few metres. Then continue on the dirt road passing near picturesque mountain huts, when the dirt road begins to descend, turn left where the route reconnects to the slopes, a wide dirt road that climbs more steeply alternating some straights with hairpin bends.
Along the route you can admire the Monte Rosa Massif which delimits, with its white slopes, the Lys Valley; the development of the upper part of the Gressoney Valley itself is another aspect that can be appreciated with its villages and the colorful mountains that surround it, especially if covered in the shroud of autumn.
The route leads without other crossroads to the artificial lake in front of the particular raised structure of the Casa Capriata, the Rifugio Carlo Mollino, characterized for its sustainability and named after the famous Turin designer of the twentieth century as the result of the realization of one of his 1954 projects: the House Truss. You can go up to the refuge's balcony even when it is closed and walk around the entire small lake to observe the structure of the refuge and its context from different points of view and with some reflections on the surface of the water.
The ESPERIENZALPINA association organizes both winter and summer programs to discover the surroundings of the refuge including bicycle tours, walks and snowshoeing. Examples: Colle di Prabianco, Ranzola mountain pastures and hill, Punta Regina, Frudiera lakes, Walser path tour, Wolfbode tour, Monte Taille.
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