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Summer advance bookings are only really necessary on July or August weekends and will only usually be held until 6pm. Should you change your route, do notify the refuge to cancel as expensive rescue operations (billed to you) might be set in motion when you don't show up. Guests should always sign the register and indicate their next destination (or tell hotel staff their planned route for the day) as it could help point rescuers in the right direction in a search.

In refuges, ‘lights out’ is 10pm-6am when the refuge generator is turned off, although breakfast may be served pre-dawn if the hut serves as a base for an important ascent. Walking boots, together with bulky ice and mountaineering gear, should be left on appropriate racks in the hallway and slippers are often provided. In line with Italian law, smoking is not allowed inside anywhere.

Bivacco Davito (Walk 26)

As well as the main premises, most refuges have a ricovero invernale, literally a ‘winter shelter’. Spartan but always open, they are intended primarily for emergency use when the refuge is closed, although they could also be used by walkers out of season. Intending users will need to be fully equipped with sleeping bag, food, stove, utensils and so on. Water is usually available in the vicinity.