Rifugio Alpe Fontana

Rifugio Alpe Fontana is a wilderness hut in Italy. Rifugio Alpe Fontana is situated nearby to the mountain hut Capanna Soveltra, as well as near the mountain saddle Passo Fornale.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capanna Soveltra and Pizzo Campo Tencia.

Capanna Soveltra

Mountain hut

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Capanna Soveltra is a mountain hut, which is situated 480 metres east of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Pizzo Campo Tencia is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, which lies in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Pizzo Campo Tencia is the highest peak located entirely inside the canton. Pizzo Campo Tencia is situated 3 km northeast of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Pizzo Barone

Peak

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Pizzo Barone is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It is located south of Pizzo Campo Tencia and is the highest summit of the Valle Verzasca in the canton of Ticino. Pizzo Barone is situated 3 km east of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prato-Sornico and Mogno.

Prato-Sornico

Village

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Prato-Sornico is a former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The municipality contained the villages Prato and Sornico. Prato-Sornico is situated 4 km west of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Mogno

Village

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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows. Mogno is situated 4 km northwest of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Peccia

Village

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Peccia is one of six municipalities in the canton of Ticino which merged in April 2004 to form the commune of Lavizzara, with about 1000 people. The other municipalities were Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, and Prato-Sornico. Peccia is situated 4½ km west of Rifugio Alpe Fontana.

Rifugio Alpe Fontana

Type: Wilderness hut
Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Italy, Europe
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Latitude

46.40674° or 46° 24′ 24″ north

Longitude

8.70473° or 8° 42′ 17″ east

Open location code

8FRCCP43+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 291482380

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=wilderness_hut

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