- Along TRAIL 7C leading to Alta Luce, just before reaching the final bell, you can see the remains of the Bivouac that was intolated to the mountain guide Remo Passera, who passed away in 1970. The bivouac was swept away by a blizzard in 1983.
Location of Passera Bivouac
- The bivouac was swept away by a blizzard in 1983.
Remains of the Passera bivouac
- A “new version” of the Remo Passera Bivouac is under construction (August 2023). The work will be completed in 2026.
- Remo Passera was a great mountain enthusiast from Vigevano who, having moved to Gressoney-La-Trinité out of love and become a mountain guide there, was among the architects of the resort’s winter development. Here is an article from December 14, 1957, mentioning the newly established Punta Jolanda chairlift.
- In these articles from July 20 and 21, 1970, the account of the tragedy in which he lost his life on Castore.
Here is the transcript of the two articles.
July 20, 1970
July 21, 1970
- Here is the bivouac in operation (photo by Mario Gremmo):
The Passera bivouac (photo by Mario Gremmo)
- The Passera bivouac (photo by Mario Gremmo)
The Passera bivouac (photo by Mario Gremmo)
- The Bivouac from Gressoney, Ayas, Valtournenche, Zanichelli, 1985 (photo by Carlo Dellarole):
Il bivacco Passera (foto di Carlo Dellarole)
Just above the remains of the Passera bivouac can be seen remains of another masonry construction. They are what remains of a hunting lodge belonging to Baron Peccoz, visible in this photo from 1894 when he was visited by Queen Margaret with her retinue (photo taken from Matterhorn and Monte Rosa, by Alessandro Gogna and Marco Milani, 2007):
Baron Peccoz’s hunting lodge
- Loriano Bartalini recently sent me these wonderful photos he took in 1980 near Bivacco Cozzi.
