Quintino Sella Hut

The Quintino Sella Hut is a very remote bivouac hut in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps in Aosta Valley, Italy. Built in 1885, it is perched on rocks on the south-western flank of the Rocher du Mont Blanc at an altitude of 3,396 m.

Type: Shelter
Description: building in Aosta Valley, Italy
Also known as: “Capanna Quintino Sella ai Rochers”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dôme Glacier and Pic Luigi Amedeo.

Dôme Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pic Luigi Amedeo

Peak

Photo: Alessandro Cantamessa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pic Luigi Amedeo is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. It lies on the Brouillard ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc, and is only reachable via an ascent of that ridge.

Punta Baretti

Peak

Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Punta Baretti is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in the Val d'Aosta, Italy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Couloir and Bionnassay.

Grand Couloir

Locality

Photo: Abjad, CC BY 3.0.

The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble beyond the Tête Rousse Hut up to the Goûter Refuge on the Goûter Route on Mont Blanc. Grand Couloir is situated 4 km north of Quintino Sella Hut.