You will just have to decide whether to get passionate about the story of King Laurin (who, out of love for his daughter, decreed that the Catinaccio should turn pink at sunrise and sunset) or the stories of the climbers who, on these walls, between the 19th and 20th centuries, from Georg Winkler to Tita Piaz, opened the era of acrobatic mountaineering. In any case, the Rifugio Vajolet remains a reference point for those who are sensitive to the beauty of these pale rocks or the fascination of these vertical walls.
Inaugurated at the end of the 19th century, it soon proved too small and a larger building was added to the first body. An hour upstream from Gardeccia, the Refuge is an arrival point for less trained hikers and a starting point with endless possibilities for those with greater ambitions.
