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  • Climbing toward Testa Grigia along Trail 10C, one crosses the remains of the Virgilio Cozzi bivouac, built in 1965 and named after the president of the Vigevano CAI who died in 1964.
Location of Cozzi Bivouac

Location of Cozzi Bivouac

  • The bivouac was destroyed by an avalanche about 20 years later. The benches survived.
The clearing where the bivouac Cozzi stood

The clearing where the bivouac Cozzi stood

  • Here is a photo of the bivouac taken from Dimensione 4000, A.Mellano, 1977:
The Cozzi bivouac

The Cozzi bivouac

  • The Cozzi bivouac in another photo (photo by Mario Gremmo):
The Cozzi bivouac, photo by Mario Gremmo

Il bivacco Cozzi, foto di Mario Gremmo

  • Another photo of the entrance (photo by Ugo Lauletta):
The Cozzi bivouac, photo by Ugo Lauletta

The Cozzi bivouac, photo by Ugo Lauletta

  • One last photo of the Cozzi Bivouac
The Cozzi bivouac

The Cozzi bivouac

  • Loriano Bartalini recently sent me these wonderful photos he took in 1980 near Bivacco Cozzi.