Mountain refuge Bivacco Campolatte (Baitin dul Peurat)

Discrete passage area

Few visible references announce this coat on the mountain of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Bivacco Campolatte (Baitin dul Peurat) at the Piedmont and at 2120 meters, it appears in a high strip where the ground already moves between open slopes, side changes and secondary summits that make it necessary to read the orientation well. In its nearby environment, there are reliefs such as Pizzo di Madèi, Pizzo di Porcaresc or Pizzo dell'Alpe Gelato, which are sufficient to place it in a clearly mountainous context, without the need to present it as an automatic basis for ascension.

Guidance and progression

Its practical interest is in how it fits into a high-ground day: not so much for a specific documented route, but for supporting an area where a change of loin, collate or empty can change the direction of the advance and the reading of the map. The proximity to the Alpine border between the Italian sector of Santa Maria Maggiore and the area of Vallemaggia helps to understand this character of connection between basins, with itineraries that previewed require attention to the orientation rather than simple follow-up of the obvious path.

By altitude and location, this free shelter can be useful to mountaineers with a certain autonomy, especially on routes where it is necessary to divide effort or to have a point of protection in case of a change of time. It can also make sense as an intermediate reference for those who move through modest but dispersed peaks and peaks, where progression is not always linear and withdrawal may require rethinking the day.

The planning here should be done with margin. There is a source located just over 1.1 km, reasonable but not immediate distance on mountain terrain, so it is not appropriate to have water without an unvalued level, status of access or time of year. Since there are no specific close routes or additional operational details, it is wise to raise it as potential support and not as the only safe resource of the day.