Altitude: 2,325 m
Location: Combalet all’Aiguille Noire
Sleeping places: 20
Open: temporarily closed due to rock fall risk
Difficulty: PD
Trail sign: yes
Journey time: 2h30 from Purtud
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: EAST 337640
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: NORTH 5074914

The first Noire refuge was donated by Mario Borelli to the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI) and was inaugurated on 22nd July 1923. Restored in 1952, he was dedicated to the memory of Lorenzo Borelli, a founder member of CAAI and its president in 1922-23. The current refuge, inaugurated on 14th September 1969, was built by the Aosta Valley region, the section of CAI and the Pietro Micca society from Biella to commemorate Carlo Pivano. Pivano died on 21st June 1963 during the expedition to the Peruvian Andes.
Access:
Access suitable for alpinists.