Cesare Fiorio Bivouac

Altitude: 2,810 m
Location: Pré de Bar
Sleeping places: 18+4
Open: always open
Difficulty: E
Trail sign: 24
Ascent: 3h30 from Arnouvaz
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: EAST 349591
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: NORTH 5085154

The small and old metal plate bivouac dates back to 1952. In 1973, the new wooden structure with galvanized cover was placed near the older one. Both bivouacs are dedicated to the memory of Cesare Fiorio, a mountaineer from Turin who died in 1931. He was one of the founder members of the CAAI, the Italian Academic Alpine Club.
Access:
Follow the road that from Arnouva leads up the Col Ferrent until you come to the hairpin bend from which a small path branches off on the left. Take this path and it will lead you to a small valley.
Carrying on up to the left, pass a grassy ridge and still on your left, cross a small stream. The path then moves onto the crest of another canyon at the end of which you should cross it again towards the left under the Col Grapillon.
The path continues on the moraine slopes towards the southern edge that should then be passed and, after various valleys, heads towards Mont Dolent until you come to the two Florio bivouacs.

Equipment: blankets, mattresses, melting water.