Gonella Hut

Gonella Hut
Rifugio Francesco Gonella
Refuge Francesco Gonella
Gonella Hut
Highest point
Elevation3,071 m (10,075 ft)
Coordinates45°49′09″N 006°49′56″E / 45.81917°N 6.83222°E / 45.81917; 6.83222
Geography
Gonella Hut is located in Alps
Gonella Hut
Gonella Hut
Italy

The Gonella Hut (French: Refuge Francesco Gonella; Italian: Rifugio Francesco Gonella), sometimes called in Italian Rifugio del Dôme[1] or in French Refuge du Dôme ("Dôme Hut"), is a high elevation mountain hut in the Aosta Valley in the Mont Blanc massif area of the Alps. It lies at an elevation of 3071 metres, above Val Veny near Courmayeur in Italy. The refuge is located on the Italian normal route to Mont Blanc.[2] [3] [4]

  1. ^ Refuge Gonella webpage
  2. ^ Moran, Martin (July 2012). The 4000m Peaks of the Alps. The Alpine Club. p. 274. ISBN 9780900523663.
  3. ^ Goedeke, Richard (1990). The Alpine 4000m Peaks by the Classic Routes (1st ed.). London: Diadem Books. p. 212. ISBN 3763410074.
  4. ^ Griffin, Lindsay (1990). Mont Blanc Massif Volume 1. London: Alpine Club. p. 25. ISBN 0900523573.