Rifugio Rosetta – Giovanni Pedrotti

Rifugio Rosetta – Giovanni Pedrotti, also known simply as Rifugio Rosetta or Rifugio Pedrotti, is a mountain hut owned and operated by the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini (SAT), the Trentino climbers' society. It stands at 2,581 metres above sea level on the western edge of the high plateau of the Pale di San Martino, above the village of San Martino di Castrozza in the province of Trento, within the Pala group of the Dolomites. The hut is one of the oldest refuges of the SAT, having been built in 1889 to a plan by an engineer named Annibale. The refuge serves hikers, climbers and ski tourers as a base for the Pale di San Martino plateau. Its position on the vast alpine plateau gives access to numerous marked trails and to summits such as Cima della Rosetta, Cima Fradusta, Cima Corona, Cimon della Pala and Cima della Vezzana. It is also a stage on multi-day traverses linking it with neighbouring huts including Rifugio Mulaz, Rifugio Treviso and Rifugio Pradidali. The hut offers restaurant service and accommodation with rooms and dormitory places, and it is open in summer and, after modernisation, also usable in winter by ski tourers. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt several times. It was badly damaged in the First World War, when a fire destroyed nearly everything, and it was set on fire by German troops during the Second World War as a reprisal. The third building was inaugurated in 1952 and was named after Giovanni Pedrotti, the third president of the SAT. The opening of the Rosetta cable car in 1957, whose top station lies between Cima della Rosetta and Passo Rosetta, brought a further upswing. Between 2010 and 2011 the hut was extensively modernised. Today the Rifugio Rosetta – Giovanni Pedrotti remains an active SAT mountain hut, welcoming guests in summer and winter, and is presented on its official website as a starting point for hikes and climbs in one of the most scenic areas of the Pale group.

The Rifugio Rosetta – Giovanni Pedrotti is one of the oldest mountain huts in Trentino and one of the oldest refuges of the Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini (SAT). It was built in 1889 on the high plateau of the Pala group, slightly east of the pass of the same name, following a plan by an engineer named Annibale. After only seven years, in 1896, the hut was extended and improved for the first time, as the growing reputation of the alpine guides of the Pale — Bettega, Zagonel, Tavernaro and Zecchini — and the increasing interest in the Pale di San Martino attracted more visitors. Because of this rising number of visitors, the SAT decided to build a hotel on the Rosetta pass overlooking San Martino di Castrozza. The project, however, did not get beyond the planning stage: the outbreak of the First World War caused it to be forgotten, and the refuge Rosetta was badly damaged. A fire destroyed nearly everything. After the war the SAT began to renovate all its refuges; the plan for a refuge-hotel on the Rosetta pass was dropped, and it was decided instead to restore the ruins of the old hut. The Rifugio Rosetta reopened with just 12 beds and was enlarged in 1931, when it could accommodate about 40 mountaineers. During the Second World War the refuge suffered the same fate as in the First: it was set on fire by German troops in reprisal. The third building was inaugurated in 1952, and the name of the hut was extended with the name of Giovanni Pedrotti, the third president of the SAT. The inauguration of the Rosetta cable car in 1957, whose top station stands between Cima della Rosetta and Passo di Rosetta, brought a further significant upswing for the Rifugio Rosetta Giovanni Pedrotti. Between 2010 and 2011 the hut was extensively modernised, so that it can now also be used in winter by ski tourers. Recent renovation and extension work has given the hut a very welcoming ambience, and it continues to operate as an active SAT refuge on the Pale di San Martino plateau.

• 2010

  Extensive modernisation of the hut begins, completed in 2011, allowing winter use by ski tourers.

• 1957

  The Rosetta cable car opens, with its top station between Cima della Rosetta and Passo di Rosetta, bringing a further upswing.

• 1952

  The third building is inaugurated and the hut is named after Giovanni Pedrotti, third president of the SAT.

• 1945

  During the Second World War the refuge is set on fire by German troops in reprisal.

• 1931

  After post-war restoration, the hut is enlarged to accommodate about 40 mountaineers.

• 1914

  Planned refuge-hotel on the Rosetta pass is abandoned due to the outbreak of the First World War; the refuge is badly damaged and a fire destroys nearly everything.

• 1896

  The hut is extended and improved for the first time.

• 1889

  Rifugio Rosetta built on the Pale di San Martino plateau, planned by engineer Annibale; one of the oldest SAT huts.

Historic SAT mountain hut and alpine base on the Pale di San Martino plateau in the Dolomites.

• Mountain hut accommodation (rooms and dormitory beds)

• Restaurant service

• Base for hiking and climbing on the Pale di San Martino plateau

• Winter base for ski tourers

1. 1Rifugio Rosetta – Pale di San Martino – Trentino Dolomites (official website)rifugiorosetta.it
2. 2History of the Rifugio Rosetta G. Pedrotti in San Martino di Castrozzarifugiorosetta.it
3. 3Rifugio Pedrotti (Wikidata)wikidata.org
4. 4Rifugio Rosetta – „Giovanni Pedrotti“ (Wikipedia, German)de.wikipedia.org