The refuge, now Locanda, Balasso

A few kilometers from the Pian delle Fugazze pass, at the foot of the Pasubio massif: traditional cuisine, a welcoming and friendly environment

LBuilding that today houses the Balasso Refuge was born as an electric war cabin in 1915, to provide energy to the troops operating on the Pasubio front.

With the name of ‘La Sengiara’, on the initiative of Francesco Meneghello it has been used since 1925 as the base of the mountaineering school of the Vicenza section of the C.A.I. Until the Second World War, a period in which it is expanded on several occasions by the Society of Vicentine Mountaineers with the destination of an Alpine Refuge, undergoing various interventions up to the current state.

After theLast intervention carried out in 1981 for the construction of underground toilets, the refuge has remained almost unchanged until the present day. Since 2013, after the expansion works, the refuge also has housing, distributed in 4 rooms and in 2014 obtained the new name of Balasso inn

Currently the refuge is a meeting place for mountaineers in the area, it is also a support point of the Vicenza section of the Alpine Rescue.